Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Azores High 1035 stretches a ridge into Fitzroy from Friday evening, expected 1027 over Biscay midday Saturday, before sinking south Sunday. Low expected 964 west of Bailey Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 978 over South East Iceland midday Saturday, before becoming multi-centred with new primary low expected 960 south of Iceland midday Sunday and secondary centre 965 northeast of Iceland, with both centres slowly drifting northeast during Monday. Another new low centre expected 972 over Hebrides midday Monday, quickly moving northeast. Strong winds gradually spread across the North Sea from the northwest on Friday night and Saturday, with gales expected in Fair Isle from Friday evening, and then in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger and Fisher from Saturday evening. Gales and strong winds continue into Sunday, before easing for all but Fair Isle by Sunday evening. However, further gales expected to spread across the North Sea from the west Monday
Niton
Azores High 1035 stretches a ridge into Fitzroy from Friday evening, expected 1027 over Biscay midday Saturday, before sinking south Sunday. Low expected 964 west of Bailey Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 978 over South East Iceland midday Saturday, before becoming multi-centred with new primary low expected 960 south of Iceland midday Sunday and secondary centre 965 northeast of Iceland, with both centres slowly drifting northeast during Monday. Another new low centre expected 972 over Hebrides midday Monday, quickly moving northeast. Strong winds are expected to spread into the northwest of the region during Friday evening and Saturday, with gales expected in Shannon from Saturday morning, and also affecting Sole, Lundy, Fastnet and Irish Sea at times from Saturday evening, before gales ease for all late morning Sunday, but strong winds expected to continue across most of the region until Sunday evening. Further gales and strong winds then spread in from west on Sunday night continuing into Monday
Portpatrick
Azores High 1035 stretches a ridge into Fitzroy from Friday evening, expected 1027 over Biscay midday Saturday, before sinking south Sunday. Low expected 964 west of Bailey Friday evening, moving northeast and expected 978 over South East Iceland midday Saturday, before becoming multi-centred with new primary low expected 960 south of Iceland midday Sunday and secondary centre 965 northeast of Iceland, with both centres slowly drifting northeast during Monday. Another new low centre expected 972 over Hebrides midday Monday, quickly moving northeast. Strong winds are expected to affect the region from Friday evening, with gales at times in all areas except Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea and Shannon, although gales expected in Shannon from Saturday morning, and also affecting Sole, Lundy, Fastnet and Irish Sea at times from Saturday evening, but easing in the far north at this time. Gales ease in south Sunday morning, but further gales expected in north before easing Monday, when further gales affect the south
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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