Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 100 miles south of Iceland 997 at 1800 on Monday losing its identity by midday on Tuesday. New high expected Dover 1022 by midday on Tuesday, this dissipating by midday on Wednesday. New low expected 150 miles west of Rockall 989 by midday on Wednesday, this moving northeast and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. New low expected just south of Southeast Iceland 987 by midday on Wednesday, this moving away north and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. strong winds are expected in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties and Fisher on Monday evening, but these are expected to die out by midday on Tuesday. Gales are expected to develop in Fair Isle later Tuesday. These are expected to spread into Cromarty by midday on Wednesday then into Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire and Forties later Wednesday. These gales are expected to die out from the west through Thursday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low 100 miles south of Iceland 997 at 1800 on Monday losing its identity by midday on Tuesday. New high expected Dover 1022 by midday on Tuesday, this dissipating by midday on Wednesday. New low expected 150 miles west of Rockall 989 by midday on Wednesday, this moving northeast and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. New low expected just south of Southeast Iceland 987 by midday on Wednesday, this moving away north and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. Gales are expected to develop in FitzRoy, Sole and Shannon by midday on Wednesday. These gales are expected to die out in FitzRoy and Sole later Wednesday, but are expected to continue in Shannon. These gales are expected to die out in Shannon by midday on Thursday. Further gales are expected to develop in Sole and Shannon later on Thursday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
Low 100 miles south of Iceland 997 at 1800 on Monday losing its identity by midday on Tuesday. New high expected Dover 1022 by midday on Tuesday, this dissipating by midday on Wednesday. New low expected 150 miles west of Rockall 989 by midday on Wednesday, this moving northeast and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. New low expected just south of Southeast Iceland 987 by midday on Wednesday, this moving away north and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. Gales are expected in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides and Bailey by midday Tuesday then spread into Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland later Tuesday. These are expected to die out in Rockall, Malin and Hebrides by midday Wednesday, but gales are expected to develop in Shannon. These are expected to spread into Rockall by late Wednesday, then all gales expected to die out by midday Thursday. Gales expected in Shannon and Rockall later Thursday. Widespread fog 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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