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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 996 67N 006E Tracks north Saturday night and deepens to the southwest of Svalbard Sunday and Monday before moving over Svalbard during Tuesday. During this time Low 1002 over Scotland moves east as a filling feature and Low 998 54N 018W deepens east to become slow moving across northern Scotland by Monday. This low fills as Low 998 develops over southern Scandinavia Monday night before tracking northeast, towards the Gulf of Bothnia, Tuesday. A further low 1009 develops southwest of Iceland Saturday night before moving south as a filling feature during Sunday. High 1025 southwest of the Azores extends a strengthening ridge north to Greenland Sunday. This high moves east from Sunday before extending a ridge northeast across Biscay and into Europe from late Monday. The ridge to the north moves east with High 1016 strengthening across Iceland Monday before moving towards Faeroe Tuesday. Near gales build over central parts Monday into Tuesday, no gales are expected
Niton
Low 996 67N 006E Tracks north Saturday night deepening to the southwest of Svalbard Sunday and Monday before moving over Svalbard during Tuesday. During this time Low 1002 over Scotland moves east as a filling feature and Low 998 54N 018W deepens east to become slow moving across northern Scotland by Monday. This low fills as Low 998 develops over southern Scandinavia Monday night before tracking northeast, towards the Gulf of Bothnia, Tuesday. A further low 1009 develops southwest of Iceland Saturday night before moving south as a filling feature during Sunday. High 1025 southwest of the Azores extends a strengthening ridge north to Greenland Sunday. This high moves east from Sunday before extending a ridge northeast across Biscay and into Europe from late Monday. The ridge to the north moves east with High 1016 strengthening across Iceland Monday before moving towards Faeroe Tuesday. Strong winds, near gale at times, in the north no gales are expected
Portpatrick
Low 996 67N 006E Tracks north Saturday night and deepens to the southwest of Svalbard Sunday and Monday before moving over Svalbard during Tuesday. During this time Low 1002 over Scotland moves east as a filling feature and Low 998 54N 018W deepens east to become slow moving across northern Scotland by Monday. This low fills as Low 998 develops over southern Scandinavia Monday night before tracking northeast, towards the Gulf of Bothnia, Tuesday. A further low 1009 develops southwest of Iceland Saturday night before moving south as a filling feature during Sunday. High 1025 southwest of the Azores extends a strengthening ridge north to Greenland Sunday. This high moves east from Sunday before extending a ridge northeast across Biscay and into Europe from late Monday. The ridge to the north moves east with High 1016 strengthening across Iceland Monday before moving towards Faeroe Tuesday. Gales Rockall Sunday and central parts Monday, easing down early Tuesday
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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