Shipping forecast and gale warnings
The general synopsis at 1800
Low to northeast of Iceland 997 moving south expected 150 miles to the northeast of Faeroes 997 by 1800 Friday.
Issued at: .
For the period to .
Shipping forecast and gale warnings map
Viking
- Wind
- Westerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
North Utsire
- Wind
- Westerly or southwesterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
South Utsire
- Wind
- Westerly or southwesterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Forties
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate.
Cromarty
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate.
Forth
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally moderate.
Tyne
- Wind
- Cyclonic becoming west or southwest 3 to 5, occasionally 2 for a time.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight, occasionally smooth later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Dogger
- Wind
- Cyclonic becoming west or southwest 3 to 5, occasionally 2 for a time.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Fisher
- Wind
- Cyclonic becoming west or southwest 3 to 5, occasionally 2 for a time.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
German Bight
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming northeasterly 4 or 5 for a time in south.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate for a time in far north.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate or poor.
Humber
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming northeasterly 4 or 5 for a time in southeast.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate or poor.
Thames
- Wind
- Cyclonic becoming north or northeast 3 to 5, then variable 3 or less later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers at first.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Dover
- Wind
- Cyclonic becoming north or northeast 3 to 5, then variable 3 or less later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers at first.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Wight
- Wind
- West 3 at first, otherwise northwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Mainly good.
Portland
- Wind
- Northwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate at first.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Mainly good.
Plymouth
- Wind
- Northwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate at first.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Mainly good.
Biscay
- Wind
- Northerly or northwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 2 in south.
- Sea state
- Slight occasionally moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Trafalgar
- Wind
- Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally variable 2 or 3 in west.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
FitzRoy
- Wind
- In south, northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally variable 2 or 3 in west . In north, variable 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- In south, showers. In north, showers.
- Visibility
- In south, good. In north, good.
FitzRoy
- Wind
- In south, northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally variable 2 or 3 in west . In north, variable 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- In south, showers. In north, showers.
- Visibility
- In south, good. In north, good.
Sole
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Lundy
- Wind
- West or northwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Fastnet
- Wind
- West or northwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate at first.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Irish Sea
- Wind
- West or northwest but backing southwest at times, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Shannon
- Wind
- Westerly or northwesterly 3 to 5. Becoming variable 3 or less in south.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight in southeast.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Rockall
- Wind
- Cyclonic mainly west 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate.
- Weather
- Showers or rain, perhaps heavy and thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Malin
- Wind
- Cyclonic mainly west 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight in east.
- Weather
- Showers or rain, perhaps heavy and thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Hebrides
- Wind
- Cyclonic mainly west 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight in east.
- Weather
- Showers or rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Bailey
- Wind
- Cyclonic mainly west 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate.
- Weather
- Showers or rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Fair Isle
- Wind
- Cyclonic mainly west 3 to 5, occasionally 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate, rough at times in north.
- Weather
- Showers or rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Faeroes
- Wind
- Cyclonic mainly west 3 to 5, occasionally 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate, rough at times in north.
- Weather
- Showers or rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
Southeast Iceland
- Wind
- Westerly or northwesterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 in northeast, becoming variable 3 or less in northwest.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally slight in northwest.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first.
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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