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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High 1034 Rockall extends a ridge west, to south of Greenland, and southeast to high 1025 western Mediterranean Tuesday evening. The ridge to the west will weaken as the high moves into the North Sea during Wednesday before continuing south-eastward into eastern Europe during Thursday. High 1028 31N 052W extends a ridge east towards the Canaries Tuesday night. The high then moves east while extending the ridge northeast, towards the UK, Wednesday. The high becomes slow moving as the ridge strengthens Thursday into Friday. Low 1011 73N 051W will deepen Thursday before moving southeast across the Lofoten's Friday. Low 1002 43N 032W and low 1000 45N 056W become complex while remaining in the central and western North Atlantic until Thursday. Low 998 50N 034W Thursday night will move to south of Iceland Friday. Strong winds South Utsire, Fisher and German bight briefly reach near gale Wednesday. No gales are expected throughout this period
Niton
High 1034 Rockall extends a ridge west, to south of Greenland, and southeast to high 1025 western Mediterranean Tuesday evening. The ridge to the west will weaken as the high moves into the North Sea during Wednesday before continuing south-eastward into eastern Europe during Thursday. High 1028 31N 052W extends a ridge east towards the Canaries Tuesday night. The high then moves east while extending the ridge northeast, towards the UK, Wednesday. The high becomes slow moving as the ridge strengthens Thursday into Friday. Low 1011 73N 051W will deepen Thursday before moving southeast across the Lofoten's Friday. Low 1002 43N 032W and low 1000 45N 056W become complex while remaining in the central and western North Atlantic until Thursday. Low 998 50N 034W Thursday night will move to south of Iceland Friday. No strong winds or gales are expected throughout this period
Portpatrick
High 1034 Rockall extends a ridge west, to south of Greenland, and southeast to high 1025 western Mediterranean Tuesday evening. The ridge to the west will weaken as the high moves into the North Sea during Wednesday before continuing south-eastward into eastern Europe during Thursday. High 1028 31N 052W extends a ridge east towards the Canaries Tuesday night. The high then moves east while extending the ridge northeast, towards the UK, Wednesday. The high becomes slow moving as the ridge strengthens Thursday into Friday. Low 1011 73N 051W will deepen Thursday before moving southeast across the Lofoten's Friday. Low 1002 43N 032W and low 1000 45N 056W become complex while remaining in the central and western North Atlantic until Thursday. Low 998 50N 034W Thursday night will move to south of Iceland Friday. Strong winds South East Iceland reach near gale Thursday night before spreading south and east Friday. No gales are expected throughout this period
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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