Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 996 expected over the Norwegian Basin on Monday evening, moving northeast as it loses its identity into Tuesday. High 1038 expected west of Fitzroy on Monday evening, gradually drifting north and east over the next couple of days, expected 1030 centred over the British Isles by midnight on Wednesday, and then expected 1026 centred over the North Sea by midday on Thursday. Low 989 expected southwest of Iceland on Monday evening, moving northeast and expected 981 northeast of Iceland by midday on Tuesday, before continuing to deepen as its continues northeast into the Norwegian Basin on Wednesday. No gales are expected during the forecast, however strong winds and near gales expected across the northern North Sea from Monday evening, generally becoming confined to the far north during Tuesday and Wednesday, before easing for all later Thursday. Widespread fog is not expected to affect the region during the forecast period
Niton
Low 996 expected over the Norwegian Basin on Monday evening, moving northeast as it loses its identity into Tuesday. High 1038 expected west of Fitzroy on Monday evening, gradually drifting north and east over the next couple of days, expected 1030 centred over the British Isles by midnight on Wednesday, and then expected 1026 centred over the North Sea by midday on Thursday. Low 989 expected southwest of Iceland on Monday evening, moving northeast and expected 981 northeast of Iceland by midday on Tuesday, before continuing to deepen as its continues northeast into the Norwegian Basin on Wednesday. No gales are expected during the forecast, however strong winds may affect Fitzroy and Shannon at times, before an area of strong winds and gales then spreads into the northwest of the region on Thursday. Widespread fog possible during Monday night into Tuesday
Portpatrick
Low 996 expected over the Norwegian Basin on Monday evening, moving northeast as it loses its identity into Tuesday. High 1038 expected west of Fitzroy on Monday evening, gradually drifting north and east over the next couple of days, expected 1030 centred over the British Isles by midnight on Wednesday, and then expected 1026 centred over the North Sea by midday on Thursday. Low 989 expected southwest of Iceland on Monday evening, moving northeast and expected 981 northeast of Iceland by midday on Tuesday, before continuing to deepen as its continues northeast into the Norwegian Basin on Wednesday. Strong winds and near gales are expected to affect the north and west of the region for the majority of the period, with gales in South East Iceland from Tuesday onwards. Gales are also expected to spread in from the west during Thursday, affecting all but Lundy, Fastnet and Irish Sea
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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