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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 50 miles northeast of Iceland 997 at 1800 on Monday is expected to move away northeast by midday on Tuesday. New low expected Norwegian Basin 997 by midday on Tuesday moving away east by midday on Wednesday. New low expected 100 miles southwest of Iceland 981 by midday on Wednesday expected Hebrides 984 by midday on Thursday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected in Viking, North Utsire and Forties on Monday evening, but these are expected to die out by midday on Tuesday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Fair Isle for a time later on Tuesday and at first on Wednesday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Forties, Cromarty, Forth and Fair Isle by late on Wednesday. These strong winds are then expected to spread to all other areas by midday on Thursday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low 50 miles northeast of Iceland 997 at 1800 on Monday is expected to move away northeast by midday on Tuesday. New low expected Norwegian Basin 997 by midday on Tuesday moving away east by midday on Wednesday. New low expected 100 miles southwest of Iceland 981 by midday on Wednesday expected Hebrides 984 by midday on Thursday. Strong winds are expected in Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea and Shannon on Monday evening, but are expected to die out in Lundy and Irish Sea by midday on Tuesday. The strong winds in Sole, Fastnet and Shannon expected to die out by late Tuesday, but strong winds are expected to develop in FitzRoy by this time. Gales are expected to develop in FitzRoy and Shannon by midday Wednesday. These are expected to die out through Thursday, but gales are expected to develop in Irish Sea late on Thursday with strong winds in all other areas. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
Low 50 miles northeast of Iceland 997 at 1800 on Monday is expected to move away northeast by midday on Tuesday. New low expected Norwegian Basin 997 by midday on Tuesday moving away east by midday on Wednesday. New low expected 100 miles southwest of Iceland 981 by midday on Wednesday expected Hebrides 984 by midday on Thursday. Strong winds are expected in Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon and Rockall on Monday evening. These expected to die out in Lundy and Irish Sea by midday on Tuesday, but are expected to develop in Malin, Bailey, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland. These strong winds are expected to die out by the early hours of Wednesday. Gales are expected to develop in Shannon, Rockall, Bailey and Southeast Iceland by midday Wednesday and then spread in Malin, Hebrides and Faeroes later Wednesday. These gales are expected to become confined to Irish Sea, Rockall, Malin and Hebrides by late 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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