Shipping forecast and gale warnings

Tuesday 27 October 2026

The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 11:30 (UTC) on Tue 27 Oct 2026 for the period 12:00 (UTC) on Tue 27 Oct 2026 to 12:00 (UTC) on Wed 28 Oct 2026.

There are warnings of gales in Viking, North Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes, and Southeast Iceland.

The general synopsis at 0600

Complex low Hebrides 959 and Bailey 955 expected single centre 200 miles northeast of Iceland 967 by 0600 tomorrow

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth

Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first except in South Utsire, decreasing 5 or 6 later. Very rough or high until later in Viking and North Utsire, otherwise rough or very rough, but becoming moderate or rough in Cromarty and Forth. Squally showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Tyne, Dogger

Southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first. Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate in Tyne. Showers. Good

Fisher, German Bight, Humber, Thames

South or southwest 5 to 7 veering west or southwest 4 to 6. Very rough at first in northwest Fisher, otherwise moderate or rough, but becoming slight or moderate in south German Bight, Humber and Thames. Rain then showers. Good, occasionally poor at first

Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth

West 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first in Plymouth, backing southwest 3 to 5 later. In Plymouth, rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough later, but elsewhere, moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later. Showers. Good, occasionally moderate

Biscay, FitzRoy

Northerly or northwesterly 4 to 6, veering easterly or southeasterly 3 to 5 in south Biscay and southeast FitzRoy but becoming variable 2 to 4 elsewhere. Rough or very rough, becoming rough later. Rain at first in south, otherwise showers. Moderate or good

Trafalgar (issued 00:15 UTC)

Cyclonic 3 to 5. Moderate or rough, occasionally slight in southeast. Showers. Moderate or good.

Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea

West backing southwest 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 for a time later in Irish Sea, then decreasing 4 or 5 later. In Sole and Fastnet, very rough or high becoming rough or very rough, but elsewhere, rough or very rough becoming moderate or rough. Showers, squally at first. Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first

Shannon

West backing southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5 later. High becoming very rough, then occasionally rough later. Rain or showers. Moderate or poor, occasionally good later

Rockall, Malin

West 7 to severe gale 9 backing southwest 5 to 7. High becoming very rough, occasionally rough in east and south Malin. Rain or squally showers. Moderate or poor

Hebrides, Bailey

West gale 8 to storm 10 backing southwest 6 to gale 8. High or very high becoming very rough or high. Rain or squally showers. Poor, occasionally moderate

Fair Isle

Cyclonic severe gale 9 to violent storm 11 becoming southwest 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 6 later. Very rough or high, occasionally very high at first in west, becoming rough later in southeast. Rain or squally showers. Moderate or poor

Faeroes, Southeast Iceland

Cyclonic 4 to 6 at first in north, otherwise westerly or southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first in Faeroes. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high, occasionally very high at first in Faeroes. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor