High seas forecast
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For the period until
Storm warnings
No storms
General synopsis
At 210000UTC, high 53 north 22 west 1038 expected 54 north 21 west with little change by 220000UTC
Area forecasts for the next 24 hours
Sole
North or northeast 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Fair. Good.
Shannon
North or northeast 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Drizzle. Good, occasionally moderate.
Rockall
Northerly or northwesterly 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Drizzle. Good, occasionally moderate.
Bailey
West or northwest 4 to 6. Moderate or rough. Drizzle. Good, occasionally poor.
Faeroes
West 5 or 6 veering northwest 3 to 5. Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later. Drizzle, fog patches later. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor later.
Southeast Iceland
Westerly 4 to 6 in south, variable 2 to 4 in north. Mainly moderate or rough, but slight or moderate in far north. Drizzle, fog patches later in north. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor later in north.
East Northern Section
In far southeast
Westerly or northwesterly 3 or 4. Slight. Mainly fair. Good.
In the rest of the area
Westerly or southwesterly 4 to 6. Moderate or rough. Drizzle at times, then rain later in northwest, fog patches in north. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor in north and poor in south.
West Northern Section
In far northwest
Cyclonic 2 to 4. Slight or moderate. Fair, then rain and fog patches. Good, becoming moderate to very poor.
In the rest of the area
Southerly or southwesterly, backing southeasterly for a time, 4 to 6. Moderate in far north, but elsewhere moderate or rough. Rain or drizzle at times, fog banks. Moderate to very poor, occasionally good in far southeast.
East Central Section
In southeastern half of the area
Northeasterly mainly 3 or 4, but 5 in far southeast. Moderate in south, slight or moderate in north. Mainly fair. Good.
In northwestern half of the area
Variable 2 to 4, becoming southerly 5 later in far northwest. Slight, becoming moderate in far northwest. Fair. Good.
West Central Section
In southeastern half of the area
Easterly or southeasterly 3 or 4, becoming variable 2 to 4 in south but veering southerly 4 or 5 in north. Slight or moderate. Mainly fair. Good.
In northwestern half of the area
Southerly veering southwesterly 4 to 6, but becoming variable 3 or 4 later in south. Moderate or rough in north, moderate throughout in south. Rain or drizzle, fog banks, perhaps extensive fog at times. Moderate to very poor.
Denmark Strait
Variable 2 to 4 at first in west near greenland, otherwise southerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later in east, but becoming variable 2 to 4 later in west. Slight or moderate. Drizzle except in far north, then rain later in south, fog banks, perhaps extensive fog at times to south of 70 north. Moderate to very poor, occasionally good in north, and also just north of iceland.
North Iceland
In northwestern half of the area
Variable 2 to 4 becoming southerly or southwesterly 3 to 5. Slight or moderate. Drizzle at times in south, fog banks, perhaps extensive fog at times. Moderate to very poor, occasionally good.
In southeastern half of the area
Northwesterly, backing southerly or southwesterly later, 3 to 5. Rough at first in far southeast, otherwise slight or moderate. Drizzle at times in south, fog patches. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
Norwegian Basin
Southwesterly 5 to 7 at first in east, otherwise northwesterly 4 to 6, becoming variable 3 or less later in west. Moderate or rough, becoming moderate later. Rain or drizzle at times, fog patches at first in west, becoming mainly fair later. Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first in east and very poor at first in west, becoming good later.
Outlook for following 24 hours
Gales expected in far west of West Northern Section. Risk of northwesterly piteraq gales later in far west of Denmark Strait.
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