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Cullercoats
High 1025 expected over Scandinavia and the southern Norwegian Basin from Sunday evening, slowly building but remaining mostly stationary during the majority of the forecast period, until the high moves east and expected 1040 over Viking by midday Wednesday. Low expected 997 over Sole on Sunday evening, moving southeast and expected 999 over France by midday Monday. New low expected 994 west of Fitzroy by midday Monday, moving southeast and expected 993 Biscay by midday Tuesday, and 995 Balearics by midday Wednesday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, however strong winds are expected to spread into the North Sea from the east from Sunday evening onwards, affecting all sea areas apart from Thames, Dover and Wight. Strong winds then ease in the northern North Sea and spread into the English Channel during Wednesday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High 1025 expected over Scandinavia and the southern Norwegian Basin from Sunday evening, slowly building but remaining mostly stationary during the majority of the forecast period, until the high moves east and expected 1040 over Viking by midday Wednesday. Low expected 997 over Sole on Sunday evening, moving southeast and expected 999 over France by midday Monday. New low expected 994 west of Fitzroy by midday Monday, moving southeast and expected 993 Biscay by midday Tuesday, and 995 Balearics by midday Wednesday. Strong winds are expected in southwest Fitzroy on Sunday evening, easing for a time on Monday morning, before further strong winds spread in from the west on Monday afternoon affecting southern and western sea areas, with gales expected in the far west on Monday evening. Strong winds then spread northeast on Wednesday affecting all sea areas. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
High 1025 expected over Scandinavia and the southern Norwegian Basin from Sunday evening, slowly building but remaining mostly stationary during the majority of the forecast period, until the high moves east and expected 1040 over Viking by midday Wednesday. Low expected 997 over Sole on Sunday evening, moving southeast and expected 999 over France by midday Monday. New low expected 994 west of Fitzroy by midday Monday, moving southeast and expected 993 Biscay by midday Tuesday, and 995 Balearics by midday Wednesday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, however strong winds possible in Fair Isle for a time on Sunday evening, before strong winds spread eastwards affecting northern Sea areas from Monday morning onwards. Strong winds then easing in the north on Tuesday. Further strong winds are expected in southern sea areas from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday . 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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