Met Office weather
Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 994 expected over Shannon on Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 995 over Malin by midday Saturday, and then 993 east of Iceland by midday on Sunday. High 1024 expected over Biscay by midday on Sunday, gradually declining southwest during Monday. Low 988 expected west of Rockall by midday on Sunday, moving northeast and expected 997 over Bailey by midday on Monday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, however strong winds and near gales are expected to spread into the western and northern North Sea during Saturday afternoon, before generally easing here overnight. Further isolated strong winds expected at times over the North Sea during Sunday and Monday. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region
Niton
Low 994 expected over Shannon on Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 995 over Malin by midday Saturday, and then 993 east of Iceland by midday on Sunday. High 1024 expected over Biscay by midday on Sunday, gradually declining southwest during Monday. Low 988 expected west of Rockall by midday on Sunday, moving northeast and expected 997 over Bailey by midday on Monday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, however strong winds and near gales are expected to spread into the western and northern sea areas during Friday evening, before generally easing for most during Saturday morning. Further strong winds are then expected to affect northern and western sea areas at times during the rest of the forecast period. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region
Portpatrick
Low 994 expected over Shannon on Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 995 over Malin by midday Saturday, and then 993 east of Iceland by midday on Sunday. High 1024 expected over Biscay by midday on Sunday, gradually declining southwest during Monday. Low 988 expected west of Rockall by midday on Sunday, moving northeast and expected 997 over Bailey by midday on Monday. No gales are expected during the forecast period, however strong winds and near gales are expected to spread into the southern sea areas during Friday evening, before generally easing for most during Saturday morning. Further strong winds are then expected to affect southern and eastern sea areas at times during Sunday before a more widespread area of strong winds and near gales move in from the west during Sunday afternoon, and spread northeast during Monday. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region
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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