Shipping forecast and gale warnings
The general synopsis at 0600
Low Bailey 995 expected just south of Iceland 989 by 0600 tomorrow
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For the period to .
Shipping forecast and gale warnings map
Viking
- Wind
- South or southeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
North Utsire
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
South Utsire
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Forties
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Cromarty
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Forth
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Tyne
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Dogger
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Fisher
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming south 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
German Bight
- Wind
- West backing south 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Humber
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Thames
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Dover
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Wight
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Portland
- Wind
- Southwest, veering west later, 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Plymouth
- Wind
- Southwest, veering west later, 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Biscay
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming west 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally rough.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later.
Trafalgar
- Wind
- North 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
FitzRoy
- Wind
- Westerly or northwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 in north.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Sole
- Wind
- Southwest veering west 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Lundy
- Wind
- Southwest veering west 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough in west, slight or moderate in east.
- Weather
- Rain at times, fair later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Fastnet
- Wind
- Southwest veering west 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times, fair later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Irish Sea
- Wind
- Southwest 5 to 7, veering west 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, thundery at first in northwest.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Shannon
- Wind
- Southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 later.
- Sea state
- Rough, occasionally very rough later.
- Weather
- Rain at first, then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Rockall
- Wind
- Southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 later.
- Sea state
- Rough, occasionally very rough later.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Malin
- Wind
- South veering southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Hebrides
- Wind
- Southwesterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first in northwest.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at first, then thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Bailey
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at first, then thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Fair Isle
- Wind
- South 4 or 5, veering southwest 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough in west, slight or moderate in east.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Faeroes
- Wind
- Southeast 5 to 7, veering south 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Southeast Iceland
- Wind
- Cyclonic 5 to 7, becoming southeasterly 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
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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