Met Office weather
Extended outlook
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 968 southeast of Svalbard continues clearing east as Low 1010 north of Iceland moves north as a rapidly filling feature. High 1035 Shannon moves slowly east, crossing Scandinavia Sunday and Monday. This high extends a ridge southwest to the Azores Friday night where it remains almost stationary before declining Sunday. High 1020 southeast of Nova Scotia Friday evening will strengthen as it moves east to pass north of the Azores Sunday night. Low 978 south of Greenland Friday night will track northeast to the southeastern coast of Greenland by Saturday. Low 993 Newfoundland Saturday will track northeast to amalgamate with this low before passing through the Denmark Strait Sunday and continuing northeast to Svalbard Monday. Near gales build briefly across South Utsire and Fisher Saturday, then across the German Bight late Sunday and Fair Isle and Viking Sunday night into Monday. No gales are expected
Niton
Low 968 southeast of Svalbard continues clearing east as Low 1010 north of Iceland moves north as a rapidly filling feature. High 1035 Shannon moves slowly east, crossing Scandinavia Sunday and Monday. This high extends a ridge southwest to the Azores Friday night where it remains almost stationary before declining Sunday. High 1020 southeast of Nova Scotia Friday evening will strengthen as it moves east to pass north of the Azores Sunday night. Low 978 south of Greenland Friday night will track northeast to the southeastern coast of Greenland by Saturday. Low 993 Newfoundland Saturday will track northeast to amalgamate with this low before passing through the Denmark Strait Sunday and continuing northeast to Svalbard Monday. Near gales build across Fitzroy and Trafalgar Saturday into Sunday night. No gales are expected during this period
Portpatrick
Low 968 southeast of Svalbard continues clearing east as Low 1010 north of Iceland moves north as a rapidly filling feature. High 1035 Shannon moves slowly east, crossing Scandinavia Sunday and Monday. This high extends a ridge southwest to the Azores Friday night where it remains almost stationary before declining Sunday. High 1020 southeast of Nova Scotia Friday evening will strengthen as it moves east to pass north of the Azores Sunday night. Low 978 south of Greenland Friday night will track northeast to the southeastern coast of Greenland by Saturday. Low 993 Newfoundland Saturday will track northeast to amalgamate with this low before passing through the Denmark Strait Sunday and continuing northeast to Svalbard Monday. Gales spread to Bailey and South East Iceland Saturday night and again Sunday night before spreading to Faeroes for a time on Monday
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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