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, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland.

The general synopsis at 0600

Low Southeast Iceland 962 expected 200 miles northeast of Iceland 953 by 0600 tomorrow

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire

Southerly or southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally 6 at first. Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later. Squally showers, rain later. Good, occasionally poor

South Utsire

Southwesterly 4 to 6, backing southerly 6 to gale 8 later. Rough, becoming very rough later. Occasional rain. Moderate or good

Forties, Cromarty, Forth

Southwest 5 to 7, increasing 7 or gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 later. Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough later. Showers, rain later. Moderate or good

Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight, Humber

Southwest 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first and gale 8 later, perhaps severe gale 9 later in Tyne, Dogger and Fisher. Slight or moderate until later in Tyne, otherwise moderate or rough, occasionally very rough later in Dogger and Fisher. Showers at first. Moderate or good

Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth

West backing southwest 4 to 6, increasing 6 or 7 later, perhaps gale 8 later. Moderate or rough in Portland and rough or very rough in Plymouth, but elsewhere slight or moderate, occasionally rough later. Showers. Moderate or good

Biscay, South FitzRoy

Westerly or northwesterly backing southwesterly, 4 to 6, decreasing 3 at times. Rough or very rough. Showers. Good, occasionally moderate

Trafalgar (issued 0015 UTC)

North or northeast 4 to 6. Moderate in far southeast, otherwise rough. Showers. Good.

North FitzRoy

Westerly 4 or 5, backing southwesterly 5 to 7. Rough or very rough. Occasional rain. Good, occasionally moderate

Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea

West 4 to 6, backing southwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 later in Irish Sea. Very rough or high in Sole and southwest Fastnet, rough or very rough in Lundy and northeast Fastnet, but in Irish Sea, moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough later. Showers, rain later. Good, occasionally poor

Shannon

Southwest 6 to gale 8. Very rough or high. Squally showers, rain later. Moderate or poor

Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle

Southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, becoming cyclonic 5 to 7 in northwest Bailey. Very rough or high, occasionally very high at first in north Hebrides and then later in Rockall and south Bailey. Rain or squally showers, perhaps wintry. Moderate or poor, occasionally good

Faeroes

West 7 to severe gale 9, backing southwest 6 to gale 8. Very rough or high, occasionally very high at first in south. Rain or squally wintry showers. Moderate or poor

Southeast Iceland

Westerly 7 to severe gale 9, backing southwesterly 4 to 6, becoming cyclonic later. Rough or very rough, occasionally high until later. Rain then wintry showers. Good, occasionally poor

Gale warnings

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

Viking, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly and decreasing gale force 8 imminent, backing southerly and increasing severe gale force 9 later

North Utsire, issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly and decreasing gale force 8 imminent, backing southerly and increasing severe gale force 9 later

South Utsire, issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later

Forties, issued:
Gale now ceased but southwesterly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale 9 later

Cromarty, issued:
Gale now ceased but southwesterly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale 9 later

Forth, issued:
Gale now ceased but southwesterly severe gale force 9 expected later

Tyne, issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Dogger, issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Fisher, issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

German Bight, issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Humber, issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Sole, issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Lundy, issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

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

Irish Sea, issued:
Southwesterly severe gale force 9 expected later

Shannon, issued:
Gale force 8 backing southwesterly soon

Rockall, issued:
Severe gale force 9 backing southwesterly soon

Malin, issued:
Southwesterly severe gale force 9 now decreased gale force 8, increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Hebrides, issued:
Severe gale force 9 backing southwesterly imminent

Bailey, issued:
Severe gale force 9 backing southwesterly imminent

Fair Isle, issued:
Severe gale force 9 backing southwesterly imminent

Faeroes, issued:
Severe gale force 9 backing southwesterly and decreasing gale force 8 soon

Southeast Iceland, issued:
Severe gale force 9 backing southwesterly and decreasing gale force 8 soon