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Extended outlook
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low just north of Viking 959 at 1800 on Sunday expected to move away north by midday on Monday. New low expected 150 miles west of Rockall 962 by midday on Monday expected Faeroes 953 by midday on Tuesday, this expected to move away northeast by midday on Wednesday. New high expected Biscay 1033 by midday on Wednesday. Gales or severe gales expected in all areas except Dover and Wight on Sunday evening. These are expected to ease from the southwest to become confined to Viking, South Utsire and Fisher by midday on Monday and are expected to ease here during the afternoon. Gales are expected in all areas by the end of Monday, with severe gales expected in Viking, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, German Bight, Humber and Fair Isle by midday Tuesday then North Utsire, South Utsire and Fisher by evening. These are expected to ease from the south during Wednesday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low just north of Viking 959 at 1800 on Sunday expected to move away north by midday on Monday. New low expected 150 miles west of Rockall 962 by midday on Monday expected Faeroes 953 by midday on Tuesday, this expected to move away northeast by midday on Wednesday. New high expected Biscay 1033 by midday on Wednesday. Gales are expected in Thames on Sunday evening, but these are expected to ease by Monday morning. Gales are expected to develop in FitzRoy, Sole and Shannon by midday on Monday, and these are expected to spread to all other areas by the end of the day with severe gales expected in Sole and Shannon. These gales or severe gales are expected to gradually ease from the south by the end of Tuesday. No gales are expected on Wednesday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
Low just north of Viking 959 at 1800 on Sunday expected to move away north by midday on Monday. New low expected 150 miles west of Rockall 962 by midday on Monday expected Faeroes 953 by midday on Tuesday, this expected to move away northeast by midday on Wednesday. Gales or severe gales expected in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland on Sunday evening, but these are expected to die out on Monday morning. Gales expected to develop in Shannon and Rockall by midday on Monday. These expected to spread to all other areas by the end of the day, with severe gales expected in Shannon, Rockall and Malin and a risk of Storms for a time in Rockall. Severe gales expected to spread into Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland by midday on Tuesday. These gales or severe gales expected to ease from the south during Wednesday. Widespread fog not expected
The extended outlook information
The extended outlooks are issued once a day, at 2300 GMT and cover the next 3 to 5 days.
For the extended outlooks the waters surrounding the British Isles are divided into three areas: Cullercoats, Portpatrick and Niton. These three areas reflect the coverage areas of the UK's Navtex transmitters, which overlap in some areas.
The extended outlook forecast contains details of the likelihood of gales or storms, a general synopsis and a general forecast for the area of coverage of each Navtex transmitter.
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