Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High 1032 over the Azores stretches a ridge northeast across the southern North Sea later Monday while a complex area of low pressure stretches from Greenland to northern Scandinavia, with a trough moving east across northern UK. The trough then moves over the North Sea on Tuesday as the ridge builds north over the UK. A new low mid Atlantic deepens and moves northeast, 996 south of Iceland by midnight Wednesday, then 982 between Iceland and Faeroes by midnight Thursday as the ridge over the UK declines south. The low clears northeast over the Norwegian Sea later Thursday, but trailing a trough over the UK. Strong winds are expected in sea areas Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Fisher and Fair Isle for much of the forecast period, but easing for a time in all areas apart from Fair Isle later Tuesday and early Wednesday. There is a risk of fog in sea area Wight on Wednesday and Thursday
Niton
High 1032 over the Azores stretches a ridge northeast across the southern North Sea later Monday while a complex area of low pressure stretches from Greenland to northern Scandinavia, with a trough moving east across northern UK. The trough then moves over the North Sea on Tuesday as the ridge builds north over the UK. A new low mid Atlantic deepens and moves northeast, 996 south of Iceland by midnight Wednesday, then 982 between Iceland and Faeroes by midnight Thursday as the ridge over the UK declines south. The low clears northeast over the Norwegian Sea later Thursday, but trailing a trough over the UK. Strong winds are expected in sea areas Fitzroy, Sole, Irish Sea and Shannon on Wednesday, easing in all areas except Shannon later Wednesday. Further strong winds in Shannon and later Sole on Thursday. There is a risk of fog in Wight and Portland on Wednesday and Thursday
Portpatrick
High 1032 over the Azores stretches a ridge northeast across the southern North Sea later Monday while a complex area of low pressure stretches from Greenland to northern Scandinavia, with a trough moving east across northern UK. The trough then moves over the North Sea on Tuesday as the ridge builds north over the UK. A new low mid Atlantic deepens and moves northeast, 996 south of Iceland by midnight Wednesday, then 982 between Iceland and Faeroes by midnight Thursday as the ridge over the UK declines south. The low clears northeast over the Norwegian Sea later Thursday, but trailing a trough over the UK. Gales are expected in Bailey, Hebrides, Faeroes and SE Iceland later Wednesday and on Thursday. Strong winds are expected for much of the period in sea areas Rockall, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes and SE Iceland. Strong winds are also expected in Malin for a time later Monday, then Shannon and Malin Wednesday and 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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