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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
A ridge of high pressure extends from High 1026 west of the Azores to High 1018 Dogger then northeast along the Norwegian coast. The high in Dogger will move north and become almost stationary over Shetland Friday and Saturday. This high will decline Sunday. A high 1023 will develop in the ridge to the west of Rockall Friday before continuing north to Bailey Saturday then east across Fair Isle on Sunday. Low 992 north of Iceland will clear north as a filling feature during Friday and Saturday. Low 999 south of Newfoundland will track towards the southeast coast of Greenland where it will fill during Sunday. Low 1014 will develop northwest of the Azores Sunday morning before moving southeast across the Azores Sunday afternoon. Low 1016 43N 020W Thursday evening will move south as a filling feature Friday and Saturday. Strong winds build across the Utsire's and Fisher Saturday and Sunday, but no gales are expected during this period
Niton
A ridge of high pressure extends from High 1026 west of the Azores to High 1018 Dogger then northeast along the Norwegian coast. The Dogger high will move north and become almost stationary over Shetland Friday and Saturday. This high will decline Sunday. A high 1023 develops in the ridge west of Rockall Friday before continuing north to Bailey Saturday then east across Fair Isle on Sunday. Low 992 north of Iceland will clear north as a filling feature during Friday and Saturday. Low 999 south of Newfoundland will track towards the southeast coast of Greenland where it will fill during Sunday. Low 1014 will develop northwest of the Azores Sunday morning before moving southeast across the Azores Sunday afternoon. Low 1016 43N 020W Thursday evening will move south as a filling feature Friday and Saturday. Strong winds build across Portland and Plymouth Saturday, extending to Wight and Sole Sunday, but no gales are expected during this period
Portpatrick
A ridge of high pressure extends from High 1026 west of the Azores to High 1018 Dogger then northeast along the Norwegian coast. The Dogger high moves north and become almost stationary over Shetland Friday and Saturday. This high will decline Sunday. A high 1023 will develop in the ridge to the west of Rockall Friday before continuing north to Bailey Saturday then east across Fair Isle on Sunday. Low 992 north of Iceland will clear north as a filling feature during Friday and Saturday. Low 999 south of Newfoundland will track towards the southeast coast of Greenland where it will fill during Sunday. Low 1014 will develop northwest of the Azores Sunday morning before moving southeast across the Azores Sunday afternoon. Low 1016 43N 020W Thursday evening will move south as a filling feature Friday and Saturday. Strong winds north Thursday night, Friday, Shannon Saturday and South East Iceland Sunday, but 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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