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 Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight, Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay, FitzRoy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes, and Southeast Iceland.

The general synopsis at 0600

Low Fair Isle 954 expected Norwegian Basin 974 by 0600 tomorrow

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire

Cyclonic becoming westerly, 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 except in North Utsire. Rough or very rough occasionally high. Squally showers. Poor

Forties, Cromarty

West severe gale 9 to violent storm 11, backing southwest 6 later. Very rough or high, becoming rough or very rough later in Forties and slight or moderate later in Cromarty. Rain. Good, occasionally poor

Forth, Tyne, Dogger

West 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first, backing southwest 6 later. Very rough or high until later in Dogger, otherwise rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough in Forth and Tyne. Squally showers. Moderate or good

Fisher, German Bight

West gale 8 to storm 10, decreasing 5 to 7 later. Very rough or high, occasionally rough later in German Bight. Squally showers. Poor

Humber, Thames

West 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first, backing southwest 6 later. Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first in northeast Humber, becoming moderate or rough later. Showers. Good

Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay

West or northwest 6 to gale 8, backing southwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7 later. Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough except in Biscay. Showers then rain. Good, occasionally poor

Trafalgar (issued 23:15 UTC+1)

North or northwest 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4. Moderate or rough. Fair. Good.

FitzRoy

Westerly or southwesterly 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8 in northwest. Rough or very rough, becoming high later in far northwest. Rain. Good, occasionally poor

Sole

West 4 to 6, backing south or southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 later. Rough or very rough, occasionally high later in west. Occasional rain. Moderate or poor

Lundy, Fastnet

West backing south or southwest, 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first. Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough in Lundy. Showers then rain. Good, occasionally poor

Irish Sea

West 7 to severe gale 9, backing southwest, then southeast later, 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later. Rough or very rough becoming moderate or rough. Squally showers, rain later. Good, occasionally poor

Shannon

West backing south, 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times. Rough or very rough occasionally high. Rain. Moderate or poor

Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey

Northwest 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first in Hebrides, backing west or southwest 5 to 7, then southeast 6 to gale 8 later. Very rough or high, occasionally very high at first in northeast Hebrides, becoming rough or very rough later. Squally showers, rain later. Moderate or poor

Fair Isle, Faeroes

Cyclonic becoming west, 7 to severe gale 9, but severe gale 9 to violent storm 11 at first in Fair Isle, decreasing 4 to 6 later. High or very high at first in southwest, otherwise very rough or high occasionally rough. Rain then squally showers. Moderate or poor

Southeast Iceland

Cyclonic becoming westerly, 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first. Rough or very rough. Rain. Moderate or poor

Gale warnings

Sea area gale warnings issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at

Viking, issued:
Gale force 8 veering westerly imminent, increasing severe gale force 9 soon

North Utsire, issued:
Gale force 8 veering westerly soon

South Utsire, issued:
Southerly now decreased gale force 8, veering westerly soon and increasing severe gale force 9 later

Forties, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering westerly imminent, increasing violent storm force 11 soon

Cromarty, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering westerly imminent, increasing violent storm force 11 soon

Forth, issued:
Westerly storm force 10 decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Tyne, issued:
Westerly storm force 10 decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Dogger, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly soon, veering westerly and increasing storm force 10 later

Fisher, issued:
Gale force 8 veering westerly and increasing severe gale force 9 imminent, increasing storm force 10 soon

German Bight, issued:
Westerly severe gale force 9 increasing storm force 10 imminent

Humber, issued:
Southerly storm force 10, veering westerly severe gale force 9 imminent

Thames, issued:
Westerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon

Dover, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering westerly imminent, decreasing gale force 8 soon

Wight, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering westerly and decreasing gale force 8 soon

Portland, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering westerly and decreasing gale force 8 soon

Plymouth, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering westerly and decreasing gale force 8 soon

Biscay, issued:
Gale force 8 veering westerly imminent

FitzRoy, issued:
Gale now ceased but southwesterly gale force 8 expected soon

Sole, issued:
Gale now ceased but southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Lundy, issued:
Severe gale force 9, veering northwesterly imminent, then decreasing gale force 8 soon

Fastnet, issued:
Severe gale force 9, veering northwesterly imminent, then decreasing gale force 8 soon

Irish Sea, issued:
Westerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon

Shannon, issued:
Gale force 8 backing southerly later

Rockall, issued:
Storm force 10 now decreased severe gale force 9, backing westerly and decreasing gale force 8 imminent, backing southeasterly later

Malin, issued:
Storm force 10 backing westerly and decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent, decreasing gale force 8 soon, backing southeasterly later

Hebrides, issued:
Northwesterly storm force 10 decreasing severe gale force 9 soon

Bailey, issued:
Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon

Fair Isle, issued:
Northwesterly storm force 10 increasing violent storm force 11 soon

Faeroes, issued:
Northwesterly storm force 10 decreasing severe gale force 9 soon

Southeast Iceland, issued:
Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon