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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 994 southwest of Svalbard will move east to pass south of Svalbard during Monday. Low 989 over Iceland will move northeast as a filling feature during Monday before crossing Svalbard on Tuesday. High 1019 northeast of the Azores will move to the UK by mid Monday and Scandinavia by mid Tuesday. Low 994 55N 037W and Low 1002 west of the Azores track east to from a complex Low 991 in the mid-Atlantic Monday. This in turn deepens to Low 949 53N 023W on Tuesday. This low will then move north to south of Iceland during Wednesday. High 1025 Quebec Sunday evening will move southeast to reach the Azores by late Wednesday. Gales Fair Isle Tuesday spread to Viking on Wednesday
Niton
Low 994 southwest of Svalbard will move east to pass south of Svalbard during Monday. Low 989 over Iceland will move northeast as a filling feature during Monday before crossing Svalbard on Tuesday. High 1019 northeast of the Azores will move to the UK by mid Monday and Scandinavia by mid Tuesday. Low 994 55N 037W and Low 1002 west of the Azores track east to from a complex Low 991 in the mid-Atlantic Monday. This in turn deepens to Low 949 53N 023W on Tuesday. This low will then move north to south of Iceland during Wednesday. High 1025 Quebec Sunday evening will move southeast to reach the Azores by late Wednesday. Gales, severe at times, spread into the west from Monday evening before spreading east during Tuesday. Further gales build in the northwest late Tuesday into early Wednesday
Portpatrick
Low 994 southwest of Svalbard will move east to pass south of Svalbard during Monday. Low 989 over Iceland will move northeast as a filling feature during Monday before crossing Svalbard on Tuesday. High 1019 northeast of the Azores will move to the UK by mid Monday and Scandinavia by mid Tuesday. Low 994 55N 037W and Low 1002 west of the Azores track east to from a complex Low 991 in the mid-Atlantic Monday. This in turn deepens to Low 949 53N 023W on Tuesday. This low will then move north to south of Iceland during Wednesday. High 1025 Quebec Sunday evening will move southeast to reach the Azores by late Wednesday. Gales, severe at times move north across the region from Monday with further gales pushing north during Wednesday
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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