Shipping forecast and gale warnings
Forecast valid from: until
Issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at
The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at for the period to .
There are warnings of gales in Trafalgar, FitzRoy, Rockall, Hebrides, Bailey, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland.
The general synopsis at midday
High netherlands 1028 expected German Bight 1030 by midday tomorrow. New low expected south FitzRoy 1007 by same time
The area forecasts for the next 24 hours
Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties
Northwesterly 4 to 6 at first in South Utsire, otherwise variable 2 to 4, but becoming southeasterly 4 to 6 in Viking and Forties. Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later in the utsires. Fair. Good
Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger
Variable 2 to 4 at first in Dogger, otherwise south or southeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later. Slight or moderate. Fair. Good
Fisher, German Bight
West or northwest 4 to 6 becoming variable 2 to 4. Rough at first in Fisher, otherwise slight or moderate. Mainly fair. Good
Humber, Thames, Dover
Variable 2 to 4 becoming east or southeast 3 to 5. Slight or moderate in Humber, but elsewhere smooth or slight. Fair. Good
Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay
East or southeast 4 to 6, becoming cyclonic 3 to 5 in Plymouth and Biscay. Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in Plymouth and Biscay, and later also in Portland. Showers later in Biscay. Good
Trafalgar (issued 2315 UTC)
Easterly or southeasterly 4 to 6, but 6 or 7 in far southeast, veering westerly or southwesterly later in west. Moderate or rough. Showers, rain later. Moderate or good.
FitzRoy, Sole
Southerly or southeasterly becoming cyclonic, 4 to 6, increasing 7 or gale 8 in west FitzRoy, perhaps severe gale 9 later in southwest FitzRoy. Moderate at first in southeast FitzRoy, otherwise rough or very rough, occasionally high in west. Rain or showers, thundery in FitzRoy. Moderate or good, occasionally poor
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
Southeast 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first, becoming cyclonic 3 to 5 later. In Fastnet, moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough, elsewhere slight or moderate, but becoming rough in west Lundy. Rain at times in Fastnet. Good, occasionally poor in Fastnet
Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides
South or southeast 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first in Rockall and Hebrides, becoming cyclonic 4 to 6. Mainly very rough or high, but rough or very rough in east Malin and east Hebrides. Rain at times. Moderate or good, occasionally poor
Bailey
Southerly or southeasterly 6 to gale 8 veering southerly or southwesterly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 in southeast. Very rough or high. Rain then showers. Moderate or poor
Fair Isle, East Faeroes
Southerly or southeasterly 4 to 6, increasing 7 at times. Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough except in south and east Fair Isle. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor later
West Faeroes
Southeasterly 7 to severe gale 9 veering southerly or southwesterly 4 to 6. Rough or very rough, becoming high for a time. Rain. Moderate or poor
Southeast Iceland
Southeasterly gale 8 to storm 10 veering southerly or southwesterly 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 later in east. Rough at first in northeast, otherwise very rough or high. Rain then showers. Good at first in northeast, otherwise moderate or poor
Gale warnings
Sea area gale warnings issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at
Trafalgar,
issued:
Northwesterly gale force 8 expected later
FitzRoy,
issued:
Northwesterly gale force 8 expected later
Rockall,
issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering southerly and decreasing gale force 8 imminent
Hebrides,
issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly gale force 8 expected soon
Bailey,
issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering southerly and decreasing gale force 8 imminent
Faeroes,
issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly severe gale force 9 expected later
Southeast Iceland,
issued:
Southeasterly storm force 10 continuing