Coast and Sea
Shipping forecast and gale warnings
The general synopsis at 0600
Low Cromarty 1000 expected Norway 991 by 0600 tomorrow
Issued at: .
For the period to .
Shipping forecast and gale warnings map
Viking
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Northwesterly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, becoming northwesterly 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or thundery showers, fog patches at first.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor, but very poor at first.
North Utsire
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Northwesterly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, becoming northwesterly 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or thundery showers, fog patches at first.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor, but very poor at first.
South Utsire
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Westerly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, becoming northwesterly 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough for a time.
- Weather
- Rain or thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Forties
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Westerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, becoming northwesterly 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Cromarty
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery at first.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Forth
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery at first.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Tyne
- Wind
- Southwest veering northwest 4 to 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Dogger
- Wind
- Southwest veering northwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in northeast.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Fisher
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Westerly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- Southwesterly veering westerly 5 or 6, increasing 7 or gale 8 for a time in north.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
German Bight
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6, veering northwest 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in far north.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Humber
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6, veering northwest 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Thames
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6, veering northwest 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Dover
- Wind
- West or southwest veering northwest, 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Wight
- Wind
- West or southwest veering northwest, 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Portland
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Plymouth
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Biscay
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Trafalgar (issued 23:15 UTC+1)
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Northerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Easterly at first in far southeast, otherwise northerly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 later in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight in far southeast, elsewhere moderate, occasionally slight in far east, becoming rough at times later in north.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
FitzRoy
- Wind
- In south, northerly 3 to 5, increasing 5 to 7 later in south. In north, northwesterly 4 to 6, backing westerly 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- In south, moderate becoming moderate or rough. in north, moderate or rough.
- Weather
- In south, showers . In north, showers.
- Visibility
- In south, good occasionally moderate. In north, good occasionally moderate.
FitzRoy
- Wind
- In south, northerly 3 to 5, increasing 5 to 7 later in south. In north, northwesterly 4 to 6, backing westerly 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- In south, moderate becoming moderate or rough. in north, moderate or rough.
- Weather
- In south, showers . In north, showers.
- Visibility
- In south, good occasionally moderate. In north, good occasionally moderate.
Sole
- Wind
- Northwesterly 4 to 6, backing westerly 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate.
Lundy
- Wind
- Northwesterly 4 to 6, backing westerly 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate.
Fastnet
- Wind
- Northwesterly 4 to 6, backing westerly 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate.
Irish Sea
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Shannon
- Wind
- Northwesterly backing southwesterly later, 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough becoming rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Rockall
- Wind
- Northwesterly backing southwesterly later, 4 to 6, increasing 7 later in west, perhaps gale 8 later in west.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough becoming rough.
- Weather
- Showers, rain later.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Malin
- Wind
- Northwesterly backing southwesterly later, 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough becoming rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Hebrides
- Wind
- Northwesterly backing southwesterly later, 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough becoming rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Bailey
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming southerly 6 or 7 later, perhaps gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming rough later.
- Weather
- Showers, rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, becoming moderate occasionally poor later.
Fair Isle
- Wind
- Northwesterly 5 to 7, backing southwesterly 3 to 5 later in west.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally slight in southeast.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Faeroes
- Wind
- Northerly backing southerly later, 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate, but poor later.
Southeast Iceland
- Wind
- Northerly backing southerly later, 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate, but poor later.
Shipping forecast information
The shipping forecast is issued four times a day at 2300, 0500, 1100, 1700 UTC and covers a period of 24 hours from 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 UTC respectively.
The waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas shown on the map.
The forecast contains details of gale warnings in force, a general synopsis and sea-area forecasts containing wind direction and force, sea state, weather and visibility.
Gale warnings are issued as required throughout the day (for winds of Gale Force 8 or more).
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