Met Office weather
Extended outlook
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High 1016 Fair Isle will move northeast, along the Norwegian coast Saturday becoming slow moving just north of the Lofoten's Sunday. High 1017 Biscay to Plymouth weakens as it moves northeast into the Baltic. High 1029 35N 047W moves east, across the Azores Saturday before extending into Biscay Sunday. The high remains slow moving over the Azores as the ridge in Biscay pushes north into the Channel Monday. Low 1007 Shannon Friday evening will move north as a filling feature Saturday. Low 991 56N 031W Friday evening will track northeast to cross Iceland early Monday before filling to the north late Monday. Low 1020 southeast of Nova Scotia early Saturday deepens for a time as it moves towards the UK before filling during Monday. Low 1009 40N 069W Saturday night deepens while moving to the West Central Section by late Monday. Near gales reach western parts of Fair Isle for a time on Sunday but no gales are expected
Niton
High 1016 Fair Isle will move northeast, along the Norwegian coast Saturday and become slow moving just north of the Lofoten's Sunday. High 1017 Biscay to Plymouth weakens as it moves northeast into the Baltic. High 1029 35N 047W moves east, across the Azores Saturday before extending into Biscay Sunday. The high remains slow moving over the Azores as the ridge in Biscay pushes north into the Channel Monday. Low 1007 Shannon Friday evening will move north as a filling feature Saturday. Low 991 56N 031W Friday evening will track northeast to cross Iceland early Monday before filling to the north late Monday. Low 1020 southeast of Nova Scotia early Saturday deepens for a time as it moves towards the UK before filling during Monday. Low 1009 40N 069W Saturday night deepens while moving to the West Central Section by late Monday. Near gales reach Shannon for a time on Sunday but no gales are expected
Portpatrick
High 1016 Fair Isle will move northeast, along the Norwegian coast Saturday and become slow moving just north of the Lofoten's Sunday. High 1017 Biscay to Plymouth weakens as it moves northeast into the Baltic. High 1029 35N 047W moves east, across the Azores Saturday before extending into Biscay Sunday. The high remains slow moving over the Azores as the ridge in Biscay pushes north into the Channel Monday. Low 1007 Shannon Friday evening will move north as a filling feature Saturday. Low 991 56N 031W Friday evening will track northeast to cross Iceland early Monday before filling to the north late Monday. Low 1020 southeast of Nova Scotia early Saturday deepens for a time as it moves towards the UK before filling during Monday. Low 1009 40N 069W Saturday night deepens while moving to the West Central Section by late Monday. Near gales for all except southeast and northwest Sunday, no gales are 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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