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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High Dogger 1031 at 1800 on Wednesday expected German Bight 1028 by midday on Thursday, this moving away southeast by midday on Friday. New low expected 100 miles west of Rockall 1006 by midday on Thursday then expected Bailey 1001 by midday on Friday, this moving away east or northeast and filling by midday Saturday. New high expected Humber 1020 by midday Saturday. New low expected Wight 1016 by midday Saturday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected in South Utsire and Fisher on Wednesday evening, expected to die out by midday on Thursday. Strong winds are expected in Viking and Fair Isle by midday on Thursday, these expected to spread in North Utsire by midday on Friday then dying out in Viking and North Utsire later Friday. Strong winds dying out in Fair Isle by midday Saturday, but strong winds are expected to develop in South Utsire and Fisher. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High Dogger 1031 at 1800 on Wednesday expected German Bight 1028 by midday on Thursday, this moving away southeast by midday on Friday. New low expected 100 miles west of Rockall 1006 by midday on Thursday then expected Bailey 1001 by midday on Friday, this moving away east or northeast and filling by midday Saturday. New high expected Humber 1020 by midday Saturday. New low expected Wight 1016 by midday Saturday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected to develop in the far northwest of FitzRoy, the far west of Sole and west Shannon by the end of Friday. These strong winds are expected to die in the far northwest of FitzRoy and in the far west of Sole by midday on Saturday. The strong winds are then expected to die out in west Sole later in the day. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
High Dogger 1031 at 1800 on Wednesday expected German Bight 1028 by midday on Thursday, this moving away southeast by midday on Friday. New low expected 100 miles west of Rockall 1006 by midday on Thursday then expected Bailey 1001 by midday on Friday, this moving away east or northeast and filling by midday Saturday. New high expected Humber 1020 by midday Saturday. New low expected Wight 1016 by midday Saturday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Fair Isle by midday on Thursday. gales are expected to develop in Southeast Iceland by late Thursday. strong winds are expected to develop in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey and Faeroes by midday on Friday then in Shannon later in the day. The gales in Southeast Iceland are expected to continue through Saturday, but the strong winds in all other areas are expected to die out through the day. Widespread fog is 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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