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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High 1020 Thames extends a ridge northeast, along the Norwegian coast as it moves southeast as a weakening feature Wednesday night. High 1022 Fitzroy moves northeast to Dogger while strengthening the ridge along the Norwegian coast Thursday. This high weakens Friday leaving a ridge 1017 extending from the German Bight through Viking to the Norwegian Coast. The ridge weakens further as a trough extends southeast into southern Norway Saturday. High 1026 39N 047W moves to the Azores while extending a ridge to Hebrides Friday. This then moves northeast to Fair Isles and Rockall Saturday. Low 993 60N 034W Wednesday evening becomes complex in the Denmark Strait Thursday. This low fills while moving northeast towards Jan Mayen Friday and Saturday. Strong winds Fisher at first otherwise no further strong winds or gales expected during this period
Niton
High 1020 Thames extends a ridge northeast, along the Norwegian coast as it moves southeast as a weakening feature Wednesday night. High 1022 Fitzroy moves northeast to Dogger while strengthening the ridge along the Norwegian coast Thursday. This high weakens Friday leaving a ridge 1017 extending from the German Bight through Viking to the Norwegian Coast. The ridge weakens further as a trough extends southeast into southern Norway Saturday. High 1026 39N 047W moves to the Azores while extending a ridge to Hebrides Friday. This then moves northeast to Fair Isles and Rockall Saturday. Low 993 60N 034W Wednesday evening becomes complex in the Denmark Strait Thursday. This low fills while moving northeast towards Jan Mayen Friday and Saturday. Strong winds Fitzroy Saturday otherwise no further strong winds or gales expected during this period
Portpatrick
High 1020 Thames extends a ridge northeast, along the Norwegian coast as it moves southeast as a weakening feature Wednesday night. High 1022 Fitzroy moves northeast to Dogger while strengthening the ridge along the Norwegian coast Thursday. This high weakens Friday leaving a ridge 1017 extending from the German Bight through Viking to the Norwegian Coast. The ridge weakens further as a trough extends southeast into southern Norway Saturday. High 1026 39N 047W moves to the Azores while extending a ridge to Hebrides Friday. This then moves northeast to Fair Isles and Rockall Saturday. Low 993 60N 034W Wednesday evening becomes complex in the Denmark Strait Thursday. This low fills while moving northeast towards Jan Mayen Friday and Saturday. Strong winds Rockall and Bailey at first, South East Iceland Thursday and Bailey Friday otherwise no further strong winds or gales expected during 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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