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Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low Southeast Iceland 1006 at 1800 on Friday expected northwest Norwegian Basin 1007 by midday on Saturday, this then losing its identity by midday on Sunday. New high expected Fastnet 1028 by midday on Saturday, then expected German Bight 1029 by midday on Sunday before moving away southeast by midday on Monday. New high expected Shannon 1034 by midday on Monday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Fair Isle by midday on Saturday, and these are expected to die out by midday on Sunday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Fair Isle by then end of Sunday. These are expected to develop into gales by midday on Monday, with strong winds expected to develop in Viking and Cromarty. The gales will spread into Viking, Forties and Cromarty later Sunday, with strong winds expected in North Utsire, South Utsire, Forth, Tyne, Dogger and Fisher. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low Southeast Iceland 1006 at 1800 on Friday expected northwest Norwegian Basin 1007 by midday on Saturday, this then losing its identity by midday on Sunday. New high expected Fastnet 1028 by midday on Saturday, then expected German Bight 1029 by midday on Sunday before moving away southeast by midday on Monday. New high expected Shannon 1034 by midday on Monday. No gales are expected. Strong winds are expected to develop in Shannon by midday on Saturday These strong winds are then expected to die out from the south by midday on Sunday. Another area of strong winds is expected to develop in FitzRoy by midday on Monday. These strong winds are then expected continue through the rest of the day, and they may just spread into the far west of Biscay later in the day. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
Low Southeast Iceland 1006 at 1800 on Friday expected northwest Norwegian Basin 1007 by midday on Saturday, this then losing its identity by midday on Sunday. New high expected Fastnet 1028 by midday on Saturday, then expected German Bight 1029 by midday on Sunday before moving away southeast by midday on Monday. New high expected Shannon 1034 by midday on Monday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle and Faeroes by midday on Saturday. These strong winds are expected to die out from the southwest by midday on Sunday. Strong winds are expected to develop in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland by the end of Sunday. These are expected to strengthen into Gales in Rockall, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle and Faeroes by midday on Monday. Winds are expected to ease in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides and Bailey by later Monday. Widespread fog is not expected
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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