High seas forecast and storm warnings
The general synopsis for UK
At 150000UTC, low 68 north 05 west 998 expected 75 north 05 east 994 by 160000UTC. New low expected 63 north 36 west 983 by same time. Low 63 north 18 west 1004 losing its identity by that time. at 150000UTC, high 45 north 34 west 1035 expected 45 north 28 west 1040 by 160000UTC
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High seas forecast and storm warnings map
Sole
- Wind
- Northerly or northwesterly 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Shannon
- Wind
- Westerly or northwesterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first in northwest.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Rockall
- Wind
- Westerly or northwesterly 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Bailey
- Wind
- Northwest veering north 3 to 5, becoming variable 3 or less later, then southwest 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Faeroes
- Wind
- Northerly or northwesterly 4 to 6, becoming variable 4 or less later in west.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough later.
- Weather
- Rain or thundery showers, fog patches.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first.
Southeast Iceland
- Wind
- Cyclonic 3 to 5, increasing 6 at times.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers, then rain later in west.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later in west.
East Northern Section
- Wind
- Northerly or northwesterly backing westerly or southwesterly, 4 to 6, becoming cyclonic 5 to 7 later, increasing gale 8 later in west.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough at first in south, becoming rough or very rough, then very rough or high later, occasionally very high later in west.
- Weather
- Showers, rain later in far west.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later in far west.
West Northern Section
- Storm warning
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Issued:
No storms.
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, becoming cyclonic 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in south, increasing 7 to severe gale 9 later, perhaps increasing storm force 10 at times later in south.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming mainly rough or very rough, then very rough or high later in south.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
East Central Section
In north
- Wind
- Westerly or northwesterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first in west, backing southwesterly 5 to 7 later, occasionally gale 8 later in west.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough for a time, occasionally high later in north.
- Weather
- Showers, rain later in west.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later in west.
In southwest
- Wind
- Northwesterly, backing westerly in west later, 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
In southeast
- Wind
- Variable 4 or less, becoming westerly 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
West Central Section
In north
- Wind
- Southwesterly 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, veering westerly or northwesterly later in north and decreasing 4 to 6 later in south.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming mainly rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
In south
- Wind
- Southwesterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 in north.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally slight in far south later.
- Weather
- Occasional rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Denmark Strait
- Wind
- Northwesterly 4 or 5 at first in northwest, otherwise variable 4 or less, becoming cyclonic 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, later in south.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming rough or very rough later in south.
- Weather
- Fog patches, occasional rain in south.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
North Iceland
- Wind
- Variable 4 or less at first in northwest and later in southeast, otherwise northerly or northwesterly, backing southerly to southwesterly later, 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in south.
- Weather
- Showers, rain later in far southwest.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor in far southwest.
Norwegian Basin
- Wind
- Variable 4 or less, becoming northerly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 in far south, then backing northwesterly later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain and fog patches, showers later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours
Risk of storms in East Northern Section and West Northern Section. Gales expected in Rockall, Bailey and Southeast Iceland.
Unscheduled storm warnings are broadcast via Safetynet and in bulletin WONT54 EGRR available via some internet and ftpmail outlets
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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