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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
High 1032 Thames extends a ridge west to high 1034 39N 055W Monday evening. These high push north and combine to become high 1033 Forth Tuesday night. This then moves into the North Sea Thursday when high 1022 Biscay moves north to Fastnet by Thursday evening. Low 1006 69N 001E clears east as a filling Feature during Tuesday. Low 1019 Portugal fills through Tuesday as low 1015 37N 033W deepens while moving north. This reaches low 991 52N 038W by mid-Thursday. Low 1016 south of Nova Scotia early Tuesday deepens while moving east to reach low 990 47N 036W by midday Thursday. These lows amalgamate while moving northeast Thursday afternoon. Strong winds Fair Isle Monday evening spread to Viking Tuesday with further strong winds South Utsire and Fisher late Tuesday into Wednesday. No gales are expected throughout this period
Niton
High 1032 Thames extends a ridge west to high 1034 39N 055W Monday evening. These high push north and combine to become high 1033 Forth Tuesday night. This then moves into the North Sea Thursday when high 1022 Biscay moves north to Fastnet by Thursday evening. Low 1006 69N 001E clears east as a filling Feature during Tuesday. Low 1019 Portugal fills through Tuesday as low 1015 37N 033W deepens while moving north. This reaches low 991 52N 038W by mid-Thursday. Low 1016 south of Nova Scotia early Tuesday deepens while moving east to reach low 990 47N 036W by midday Thursday. These lows amalgamate while moving northeast Thursday afternoon. No strong winds or gales are expected throughout this period
Portpatrick
High 1032 Thames extends a ridge west to high 1034 39N 055W Monday evening. These high push north and combine to become high 1033 Forth Tuesday night. This then moves into the North Sea Thursday when high 1022 Biscay moves north to Fastnet by Thursday evening. Low 1006 69N 001E clears east as a filling Feature during Tuesday. Low 1019 Portugal fills through Tuesday as low 1015 37N 033W deepens while moving north. This reaches low 991 52N 038W by mid-Thursday. Low 1016 south of Nova Scotia early Tuesday deepens while moving east to reach low 990 47N 036W by midday Thursday. These lows amalgamate while moving northeast Thursday afternoon. Near gales Bailey, Faeroes and South East Iceland Monday evening, clear northeast by Tuesday morning. 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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