Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low Southwest England 976 on Thursday evening, expected Low Countries 980 by midday on Friday, then Germany 992 before filling on Saturday. Low Bailey 990 on Thursday evening, expected Faeroes 1001 by Friday evening before moving away northeast over the Norwegian Sea on Saturday. Meanwhile, new high expected southern Norway 1029 by midday Saturday, expected Denmark 1028 on Sunday with new low expected 150 miles south of Iceland 955 by same time. Gales expected on Thursday evening and Friday in the English Channel and southern North Sea with severe gales or storm force winds at first in Dover and Wight and strong winds elsewhere. Gales ease on Saturday but expected again later in Viking and Fair Isle. Gales expected to develop in all areas during Sunday. No widespread fog is expected
Niton
Low Southwest England 976 on Thursday evening, expected Low Countries 980 by midday on Friday, then Germany 992 before filling on Saturday. Low Bailey 990 on Thursday evening, expected Faeroes 1001 by Friday evening before moving away northeast over the Norwegian Sea on Saturday. Meanwhile, new high expected southern Norway 1029 by midday Saturday, expected Denmark 1028 on Sunday with new low expected 150 miles south of Iceland 955 by same time. Gales expected on Thursday evening and Friday in all areas with severe gales or storm force winds at first in Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth and Biscay. Winds ease on Friday evening and Saturday morning then strong winds expected later on Saturday in Fitzroy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea and Shannon. Gales expected to develop in all areas during Sunday. No widespread fog is expected
Portpatrick
Low Southwest England 976 on Thursday evening, expected Low Countries 980 by midday on Friday, then Germany 992 before filling on Saturday. Low Bailey 990 on Thursday evening, expected Faeroes 1001 by Friday evening before moving away northeast over the Norwegian Sea on Saturday. Meanwhile, new high expected southern Norway 1029 by midday Saturday, expected Denmark 1028 on Sunday with new low expected 150 miles south of Iceland 955 by same time. Gales expected on Thursday evening and Friday morning in Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Bailey, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland with strong winds at times throughout in all other areas. Winds ease for a time on Saturday morning then gales expected to develop in all areas later Saturday and into Sunday. No widespread fog is 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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