Coast and sea
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Cullercoats
High 1015 expected over Scandinavia on Tuesday evening will gradually drift east as it builds during the forecast period. Low expected 960 over Ireland on Tuesday evening. Low then moves northwest and expected 963 west of Rockall by midday on Wednesday, before sinking southeast again and expected 964 over Fastnet by midday on Thursday, and then moving east and expected 973 over southern UK by midday on Friday. Second low pressure expected 967 west of Rockall by midday on Thursday, slow moving and expected 977 by midday on Friday. Strong winds and gales expected across the North Sea on Tuesday, becoming confined to the northern North Sea on Wednesday before gales ease for all but Fair Isle later Wednesday, however strong winds remaining in the north into Thursday. Strong winds then spread south again for a time from later Thursday, with gales possible in Viking, South Utsire, Forties and Fisher from Thursday afternoon. Widespread fog not expected
Niton
High 1015 expected over Scandinavia on Tuesday evening will gradually drift east as it builds during the forecast period. Low expected 960 over Ireland on Tuesday evening. Low then moves northwest and expected 963 west of Rockall by midday on Wednesday, before sinking southeast again and expected 964 over Fastnet by midday on Thursday, and then moving east and expected 973 over southern UK by midday on Friday. Second low pressure expected 967 west of Rockall by midday on Thursday, slow moving and expected 977 by midday on Friday. Strong winds expected across most of the region, with gales in the north and west at first, but gales becoming confined to Fitzroy overnight. Strong winds then ease for all areas but Fitzroy on Wednesday afternoon, where gales continue here. Further strong winds and occasional gales then spread north and east on Thursday, affecting most sea areas into Friday. Widespread fog not expected
Portpatrick
High 1015 expected over Scandinavia on Tuesday evening will gradually drift east as it builds during the forecast period. Low expected 960 over Ireland on Tuesday evening. Low then moves northwest and expected 963 west of Rockall by midday on Wednesday, before sinking southeast again and expected 964 over Fastnet by midday on Thursday, and then moving east and expected 973 over southern UK by midday on Friday. Second low pressure expected 967 west of Rockall by midday on Thursday, slow moving and expected 977 by midday on Friday. Strong winds expected across the north of the region through most of the forecast period until early Friday, with gales or severe gales at times also affecting the north until early Thursday. Strong winds and gales also expected in the south of the region from Tuesday, but generally easing here on Wednesday. Further strong winds and occasional gales affecting the far south of the region again at times from Thursday
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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