High seas forecast

Issued by the Met Office at

For the period until

Storm warnings

No storms

General synopsis

At 141200UTC, low 58 north 38 west 1000 expected 66 north 27 west 1005 by 151200UTC. Low 44 north 14 west 1011 expected 47 north 16 west 1015 by same time. High 61 north 04 west 1031, expected 61 north 02 west 1030 by that time

Area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Sole

East 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Thundery showers. Good occasionally poor.

Shannon

East 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Thundery showers. Good, occasionally moderate.

Rockall

Easterly or northeasterly 2 to 4. Slight. Fog patches in north. Good, but moderate or good occasionally very poor in north.

Bailey

In southeast, variable 2 to 4. in northwest, southerly veering southwesterly 3 to 5. In southeast, moderate at first in north, otherwise slight. in northwest, moderate. In southeast, fog patches. in northwest, fog patches. In southeast, moderate or good occasionally very poor. in northwest, moderate or good, occasionally very poor.

Faeroes

Variable 2 to 4, but southwesterly 3 to 5 in north. Slight or moderate. Fog patches. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.

Southeast Iceland

Southwesterly 4 to 6. Moderate. Drizzle, fog banks developing. Moderate or good, becoming moderate to very poor for a time.

East Northern Section

In northwestern half of area

Cyclonic, mainly southerly or southwesterly, 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8 for a time in northwest. Moderate or rough, but rough or very rough in northwest. Occasional rain and drizzle. Good occasionally poor, but moderate later.

In southeastern half of area

Variable 2 to 4. Slight or moderate. Drizzle and fog banks, becoming fog patches later, but mainly fair in southeast. Moderate to very poor, but good in southeast.

West Northern Section

Cyclonic 6 to gale 8, becoming southerly or southwesterly 4 to 6 later, but variable 2 to 4 later in southeast. Moderate or rough, but rough or very rough in northeast. Occasional rain. Good occasionally moderate, but poor at first in north.

East Central Section

In northwestern half of area

Variable becoming northeasterly, 2 to 4. Slight or moderate. Occasional drizzle and fog banks, becoming fog patches later. Moderate to very poor, occasionally good later.

In southeastern half of area

Cyclonic 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Thundery showers. Good occasionally poor.

West Central Section

Variable 2 to 4, but cyclonic 4 to 6 in southwest. Moderate. Fog patches at first in northeast, otherwise occasional rain and drizzle, but thundery rain in far southwest. Moderate or good, occasionally poor, but very poor at first in northeast.

Denmark Strait

Cyclonic, becoming southwesterly, 4 to 6, increasing 7 for a time near west iceland. Moderate becoming rough, but slight or moderate in far east. Rain, drizzle and fog patches, becoming fog banks in north. Moderate to very poor, occasionally good in southeast.

North Iceland

In south

Southwesterly 4 to 6, but variable 2 or 3 at first near northeast iceland. Slight or moderate in west, moderate or rough in east. Mainly fair in west, drizzle and fog banks developing in east. Good in west, moderate to very poor in east.

In north

Southwesterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 in north. Slight or moderate. Occasional rain, drizzle and fog banks. Moderate to very poor.

Norwegian Basin

Westerly or southwesterly, but northerly in southeast, 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Occasional drizzle, fog patches in north and east. Moderate or good, occasionally poor and very poor in north and east.

Outlook for following 24 hours

No gales expected.

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