Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High 1017 67N 003W soon declines north of Jan Mayen. Ridge that extends across the North Sea from this high to northwest Europe, the Azore and then to high 1032 36N 055W will continue east into the Baltic and Western Europe. Low 1006 53N 014W deepens as it tracks northeast into the Norwegian Basin Saturday before filling as it turns towards Iceland Saturday night. Low 978 62N 037W remains slow moving before moving into the Atlantic as a filling feature Sunday. Low 1015 48N 030W develops Friday before deepening 980 as it crosses the northern UK Saturday and continues towards the Lofoten's Sunday. Further low 1011 47N 071W Friday night deepens east to 983 north of the Azores mid-Sunday before deepening northeast towards the UK Sunday afternoon. High 1032 36N 055W sinks slowly south while maintaining a ridge east into Europe. Gale spread east across Viking, North and South Utsire Friday with further gales in the north Sunday
Niton
High 1017 67N 003W moves to north of Jan Mayen where it declines. Ridge that extends across the North Sea from this high to northwest Europe, the Azore and then to high 1032 36N 055W will continue east into the Baltic and Western Europe. Low 1006 53N 014W deepens as it tracks northeast into the Norwegian Basin Saturday before filling as it turns towards Iceland Saturday night. Low 978 62N 037W remains slow moving before moving into the Atlantic as a filling feature Sunday. Low 1015 48N 030W develops Friday before deepening 980 as it crosses the northern UK Saturday and continues towards the Lofoten's Sunday. Further low 1011 47N 071W Friday night deepens east to 983 north of the Azores mid-Sunday before deepening northeast towards the UK Sunday afternoon. High 1032 36N 055W sinks slowly south while maintaining a ridge east into Europe. Gales spread to Fitzroy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet and Shannon Saturday and Fitzroy and Sole Sunday
Portpatrick
High 1017 67N 003W moves north of Jan Mayen where it declines. Ridge that extends across the North Sea from this high to northwest Europe, the Azore and then to high 1032 36N 055W will continue east into the Baltic and Western Europe. Low 1006 53N 014W deepens as it tracks northeast into the Norwegian Basin Saturday before filling as it turns towards Iceland Saturday night. Low 978 62N 037W remains slow moving before moving into the Atlantic as a filling feature Sunday. Low 1015 48N 030W develops Friday before deepening 980 as it crosses the northern UK Saturday and continues towards the Lofoten's Sunday. Further low 1011 47N 071W Friday night deepens east to 983 north of the Azores mid-Sunday before deepening northeast towards the UK Sunday afternoon. High 1032 36N 055W sinks slowly south while maintaining a ridge east into Europe. Gales Faeroes and South East Iceland Thursday night and Lundy, Fastnet, Shannon and Irish Sea Saturday
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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