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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 1000 centred over Faeroes on Friday evening, expected to move east into Scandinavia during Saturday and continuing east as it begins to lose its identity over the next couple of days. High 1028 expected over Biscay on Friday evening, slowly drifting north and expected 1027 over southwest UK by midday on Saturday, and then expected 1026 over the UK by midday on Sunday. High then declines east on Monday, expected 1024 over the North Sea by midday on Monday. No gales are likely during the forecast period, however isolated strong winds are expected to affect some sea areas in the North Sea at times, with an area of more widespread strong winds and near gales spreading across the region from the west during Sunday, before generally easing for all during Monday. Widespread fog is not forecast to affect the region
Niton
Low 1000 centred over Faeroes on Friday evening, expected to move east into Scandinavia during Saturday and continuing east as it begins to lose its identity over the next couple of days. High 1028 expected over Biscay on Friday evening, slowly drifting north and expected 1027 over southwest UK by midday on Saturday, and then expected 1026 over the UK by midday on Sunday. High then declines east on Monday, expected 1024 over the North Sea by midday on Monday. No gales are likely during the forecast period, however isolated strong winds are expected to affect The Channel, Biscay and Fitzroy from Friday evening until Saturday morning. No further strong winds are expected thereafter. Widespread fog is also possible during Friday night, but this is expected to clear into Saturday morning and no further fog is expected to affect the region
Portpatrick
Low 1000 centred over Faeroes on Friday evening, expected to move east into Scandinavia during Saturday and continuing east as it begins to lose its identity over the next couple of days. High 1028 expected over Biscay on Friday evening, slowly drifting north and expected 1027 over southwest UK by midday on Saturday, and then expected 1026 over the UK by midday on Sunday. High then declines east on Monday, expected 1024 over the North Sea by midday on Monday. No gales are likely during the forecast period, however isolated strong winds and near gales are expected to affect most of the sea areas at times during Friday and Saturday morning, before generally easing for all during Saturday afternoon. No further strong winds are expected thereafter. Widespread fog is not forecast to affect the region
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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