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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low Malin 1001 at 1800 on Wednesday expected Humber 1005 by midday on Thursday then expected Denmark 1007 by midday on Friday, this moving east and losing its identity by midday on Saturday. Low Kattegat 998 at 1800 on Wednesday moving east and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. New high expected 200 miles west of Shannon 1030 by midday on Friday moving southeast and expected 50 miles west of Sole 1030 by midday on Saturday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected in Fair Isle on Wednesday evening, but these are expected to die out by midday on Thursday. Strong winds are expected to develop in South Utsire and Fisher by midday on Friday. These are expected to continue through the rest of Friday and Saturday, and they may affect the east of Forties and the north of German Bight for a time on Saturday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low Malin 1001 at 1800 on Wednesday expected Humber 1005 by midday on Thursday then expected Denmark 1007 by midday on Friday, this moving east and losing its identity by midday on Saturday. Low Kattegat 998 at 1800 on Wednesday moving east and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. New high expected 200 miles west of Shannon 1030 by midday on Friday moving southeast and expected 50 miles west of Sole 1030 by midday on Saturday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected in FitzRoy, Sole, Fastnet and Shannon on Wednesday evening, but these are expected to die out by midday on Thursday. Strong winds are then expected to develop in FitzRoy and Sole by midday on Saturday. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
Low Malin 1001 at 1800 on Wednesday expected Humber 1005 by midday on Thursday then expected Denmark 1007 by midday on Friday, this moving east and losing its identity by midday on Saturday. Low Kattegat 998 at 1800 on Wednesday moving east and losing its identity by midday on Thursday. New high expected 200 miles west of Shannon 1030 by midday on Friday moving southeast and expected 50 miles west of Sole 1030 by midday on Saturday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected in Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle and Faeroes on Wednesday evening, but these are expected to die out by midday on Thursday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Bailey and Southeast Iceland by midday on Saturday, and these are expected to spread into Rockall by the end of the day. Widespread fog is 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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