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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 994 016E moves to southwest of the Lofotens Thursday before moving south as a filling feature from Friday. Low 994 east of Iceland fills rapidly early Thursday and low 988 57N 034W moves northeast before filling to the south of Iceland early on Saturday. Low 1012 42N 045W deepens for a time while moving northeast but fills to the south of Iceland late Saturday. A further low 1009 develops east of Newfoundland during Friday before deepening as it moves towards Iceland. High 1028 Azores extends a ridge east to high 1025 Biscay Wednesday evening. The Azores high moves east while the high in Biscay remains slow moving, these highs amalgamate in Biscay during Friday before pushing northeast into the Channel by midday Saturday. High 1022 35N 067W Wednesday evening pushes east to be south of the Azores by Saturday. No gales are expected during this period
Niton
Low 994 016E moves to southwest of the Lofotens Thursday before moving south as a filling feature from Friday. Low 994 east of Iceland fills rapidly early Thursday and low 988 57N 034W moves northeast before filling to the south of Iceland early on Saturday. Low 1012 42N 045W deepens for a time while moving northeast but fills to the south of Iceland late Saturday. A further low 1009 develops east of Newfoundland during Friday before deepening as it moves towards Iceland. High 1028 Azores extends a ridge east to high 1025 Biscay Wednesday evening. The Azores high moves east while the high in Biscay remains slow moving, these highs amalgamate in Biscay during Friday before pushing northeast into the Channel by midday Saturday. High 1022 35N 067W Wednesday evening pushes east to be south of the Azores by Saturday. Near gales build over southern Fitzroy for a time on Friday, but no gales are expected during this period
Portpatrick
Low 994 016E moves to southwest of the Lofotens Thursday before moving south as a filling feature from Friday. Low 994 east of Iceland fills rapidly early Thursday and low 988 57N 034W moves northeast before filling to the south of Iceland early on Saturday. Low 1012 42N 045W deepens for a time while moving northeast but fills to the south of Iceland late Saturday. A further low 1009 develops east of Newfoundland during Friday before deepening as it moves towards Iceland. High 1028 Azores extends a ridge east to high 1025 Biscay Wednesday evening. The Azores high moves east while the high in Biscay remains slow moving, these highs amalgamate in Biscay during Friday before pushing northeast into the Channel by midday Saturday. High 1022 35N 067W Wednesday evening pushes east to be south of the Azores by Saturday. No gales are expected during this 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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