Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
High 1025 38N 043W extends a ridge to high 1025 50N 031W and then to high 1024 in the Baltic Sea Friday evening. These highs move slowly east as the ridge across the UK sinks south Saturday before declining Sunday. High in the Baltic will clear east as High in the Atlantic moves slowly across the Azores Saturday to Monday. Low complex 967 extends through the Denmark Strait to Svalbard Friday evening becomes slow moving west of Iceland. Low 1007 49N 044W Friday evening deepens 963 as it crosses southeast Iceland early Sunday before continuing to south of Svalbard by late Monday. Low 990 334N 018W Friday evening moves across the Canaries as a filling feature during this period. Further low 1006 41N 051W Sunday morning deepens north-eastward to become low 999 53N 020W by late Monday. Gales spread east to Fair Isle and Viking for a time during Sunday with no further gales expected during this period
Niton
High 1025 38N 043W extends a ridge to high 1025 50N 031W and then to high 1024 in the Baltic Sea Friday evening. These highs move slowly east as the ridge across the UK sinks south Saturday before declining Sunday. High in the Baltic will clear east as High in the Atlantic moves slowly across the Azores Saturday to Monday. Low complex 967 extends through the Denmark Strait to Svalbard Friday evening becomes slow moving west of Iceland. Low 1007 49N 044W Friday evening deepens 963 as it crosses southeast Iceland early Sunday before continuing to south of Svalbard by late Monday. Low 990 334N 018W Friday evening moves across the Canaries as a filling feature during this period. Further low 1006 41N 051W Sunday morning deepens north-eastward to become low 999 53N 020W by late Monday. No gales are expected throughout this period
Portpatrick
High 1025 38N 043W extends a ridge to high 1025 50N 031W and then to high 1024 in the Baltic Sea Friday evening. These highs move slowly east as the ridge across the UK sinks south Saturday before declining Sunday. High in the Baltic will clear east as High in the Atlantic moves slowly across the Azores Saturday to Monday. Low complex 967 extends through the Denmark Strait to Svalbard Friday evening becomes slow moving west of Iceland. Low 1007 49N 044W Friday evening deepens 963 as it crosses southeast Iceland early Sunday, continuing to south of Svalbard by late Monday. Low 990 334N 018W Friday evening moves across the Canaries as a filling feature during this period. Further low 1006 41N 051W Sunday morning deepens north-eastward to become low 999 53N 020W by late Monday. Gales South East Iceland Friday night, further gales push east across the north Saturday night/Sunday reach severe gale to storm force at times
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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