Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High 1027 centred to the west of the Northern Isles at first, transferring 1034 to the west of Iceland by noon Monday, then 1029 to the east of Iceland by noon Tuesday. Low 1013 to the west of Sole at first, expected 1014 in Shannon by noon on Tuesday, before filling for Wednesday. Low 1009 in the northern Norwegian Sea at first, tracking east across northern Norway Monday, expected 992 in the Barents Sea by noon Tuesday, before returning westards 997 back in the northern Norwegian Sea Wednesday evening. New low 1012 developing for a time in the Skagerrak late Monday and early Tuesday. New low 1013 developing for a time in France during Tuesday. Strong winds expected in Viking, North and South Utsire, Forties and Fisher for a time on Tuesday, weaking into Wednesday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
High 1027 centred to the west of the Northern Isles at first, transferring 1034 to the west of Iceland by noon Monday, then 1029 to the east of Iceland by noon Tuesday. Low 1013 to the west of Sole at first, expected 1014 in Shannon by noon on Tuesday, before filling for Wednesday. Low 1009 in the northern Norwegian Sea at first, tracking east across northern Norway Monday, expected 992 in the Barents Sea by noon Tuesday, before returning westards 997 back in the northern Norwegian Sea Wednesday evening. New low 1012 developing for a time in the Skagerrak late Monday and early Tuesday. New low 1013 developing for a time in France during Tuesday. No gales, strong winds or widespread fog are expected through the outlook period
Portpatrick
High 1027 centred to the west of the Northern Isles at first, transferring 1034 to the west of Iceland by noon Monday, then 1029 to the east of Iceland by noon Tuesday. Low 1013 to the west of Sole at first, expected 1014 in Shannon by noon on Tuesday, before filling for Wednesday. Low 1009 in the northern Norwegian Sea at first, tracking east across northern Norway Monday, expected 992 in the Barents Sea by noon Tuesday, before returning westards 997 back in the northern Norwegian Sea Wednesday evening. New low 1012 developing for a time in the Skagerrak late Monday and early Tuesday. New low 1013 developing for a time in France during Tuesday. No gales, strong winds or widespread fog are expected through the outlook period
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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