Coast and sea
The general synopsis for UK
At 031200UTC, low 48 north 30 west 971 expected 49 north 22 west 967 by 041200UTC. Lows 50 north 09 west 980, 62 north 40 west 982 and 52 north 21 west 974 losing their identities. New low expected 46 north 07 west 976 by same time
Issued at: .
For the period to .
High seas forecast and storm warnings map
Sole
- Wind
- Cyclonic becoming southeast, 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Shannon
- Wind
- Cyclonic becoming southeast, 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough later.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Rockall
- Wind
- East 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 until later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Bailey
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Wintry showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Faeroes
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Wintry showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Southeast Iceland
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Wintry showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
East Northern Section
- Wind
- Easterly 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Very rough, occasionally high in southwest and moderate or rough in far north just west of Iceland.
- Weather
- Wintry thundery showers in north, rain or showers in south.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
West Northern Section
- Wind
- Cyclonic, mainly easterly, 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high later in south.
- Weather
- Rain, then wintry showers later in north.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good occasionally poor, becoming good occasionally poor later in north.
East Central Section
- Wind
- Cyclonic 6 to gale 8, becoming easterly 4 to 6 later in north.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later in south.
- Weather
- Rain or thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
West Central Section
- Wind
- Cyclonic, mainly northerly or northwesterly later, 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 later in northwest.
- Sea state
- Very rough or high, but rough at first in northeast and very high at first in far southwest.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, thundery in south.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Denmark Strait
- High seas storm warning
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Issued:
Winds are expected to just reach storm force 10 in the far west of Denmark Strait, south of 66 north, within 50 miles of the Greenland coast and near the ice, until 040100UTC.
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 4 to 6, but gale 8 to storm 10 decreasing 6 to gale 8 in far west.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough in west, moderate in east.
- Weather
- Rain, freezing rain and snow at first in far west, fog patches at first in east and later in west, wintry showers later in southeast.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor. Occasional light icing in west throughout, close to the ice, with temperatures ms03 to ms05.
North Iceland
In north
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming southwesterly 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate.
- Weather
- Fog patches until later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor until later.
In south
- Wind
- Easterly 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Wintry showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Norwegian Basin
- Wind
- Easterly 3 to 5, but 6 in far southwest.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally slight later in far east.
- Weather
- Wintry showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Outlook for following 24 hours
Severe gales are expected in East Central Section and West Central Section. Gales are expected in Shannon, Rockall, Bailey, Faeroes, Southeast Iceland, East Northern Section, West Northern Section and Denmark Strait.
Unscheduled storm warnings are broadcast via Safetynet and in bulletin WONT54 EGRR available via some internet and ftpmail outlets
The high seas forecast information
High seas forecasts are issued twice daily at 0930 and 2130 GMT and cover the next 24 hours and outlooks for the following 24 hours.
The part of the North Atlantic known as Metarea I is divided into twelve sea areas, six of which are also in the Shipping forecast.
The high seas forecast contains a general synopsis and sea-area forecasts containing forecast wind direction and force, weather and visibility for the next 24 hours with an outlook for the following 24 hours.
Marine forecasts disclaimer
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