Met Office weather
Extended outlook
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Cullercoats
Low 995 expected over South Utsire on Saturday evening, moving southeast and then expected 1002 over Denmark by midday on Sunday, before moving into the Baltic on Monday as it continues to lose its identity into Tuesday. High 1021 expected over Biscay on Saturday evening, then 1019 over France by midday on Sunday before continuing into the Continent on Monday. New low 962 expected west of Iceland midday Monday, slow moving and expected 973 by midday on Tuesday. Another low 988 expected west of Sole by midday on Monday, quickly moving northeast and deepening, expected 961 over Faeroes by midday on Tuesday. Strong winds or near gales at times are likely to affect the southern North Sea from Saturday evening, before generally easing during Sunday morning. Further isolated strong winds possible across the North Sea on Monday before widespread strong winds and near gales move in from the west Tuesday, with gales in Viking, Forties, Cromarty and Fair Isle
Niton
Low 995 expected over South Utsire on Saturday evening, moving southeast and then expected 1002 over Denmark by midday on Sunday, before moving into the Baltic on Monday as it continues to lose its identity into Tuesday. High 1021 expected over Biscay on Saturday evening, then 1019 over France by midday on Sunday before continuing into the Continent on Monday. New low 962 expected west of Iceland midday Monday, slow moving and expected 973 by midday on Tuesday. Another low 988 expected west of Sole by midday on Monday, quickly moving northeast and deepening, expected 961 over Faeroes by midday on Tuesday. Strong winds expected at times in the west of the region throughout the period, with gales, or perhaps severe gales at times, affecting Sole and Shannon from Monday evening onwards. Widespread fog may also affect the region during Monday and Tuesday
Portpatrick
Low 995 expected over South Utsire on Saturday evening, moving southeast and then expected 1002 over Denmark by midday on Sunday, before moving into the Baltic on Monday as it continues to lose its identity into Tuesday. New low 962 expected west of Iceland midday Monday, slow moving and expected 973 by midday on Tuesday. Another low 988 expected west of Sole by midday on Monday, quickly moving northeast and deepening, expected 961 over Faeroes by midday on Tuesday. Isolated strong winds across the region will ease for a time Saturday night but further strong winds or near gales possible in the west Sunday, these gradually spreading east with gales likely in Rockall, Bailey, Faeroes and SE Iceland from Sunday evening before generally easing for all Monday morning. Further gales, or severe gales at times, then likely to spread across the area from the southwest from Monday evening, continuing into Tuesday
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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