Coast and sea

Shipping forecast and gale warnings

The general synopsis at 1800

Low 150 miles south of Iceland 967 losing its identity by 1800 Sunday, new low expected just southwest of Southeast Iceland 970

Issued at: 23:30 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025.

For the period 00:00 (UTC) on Sun 14 Dec 2025 to 00:00 (UTC) on Mon 15 Dec 2025.

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Shipping forecast and gale warnings explained

Viking

Gale warning: Issued: 15:53 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southerly gale force 8 continuing

Wind: Southerly or southwesterly 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

North Utsire

Gale warning: Issued: 15:53 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southerly gale force 8 continuing

Wind: Southerly or southwesterly 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

South Utsire

Gale warning: Issued: 10:00 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Southerly or southwesterly 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

Forties

Gale warning: Issued: 21:58 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Cromarty

Gale warning: Issued: 21:58 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Forth

Gale warning: Issued: 21:58 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Tyne

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Dogger

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Fisher

Gale warning: Issued: 10:00 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: South or southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in north.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate.

German Bight

Wind: South or southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 later.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate.

Humber

Wind: South or southwest 5 to 7.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate.

Thames

Wind: South or southwest 4 to 6.
Sea state: Slight or moderate occasionally smooth at first.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.

Dover

Wind: South or southwest 4 to 6.
Sea state: Slight or moderate occasionally smooth at first.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.

Wight

Wind: South or southwest 4 to 6.
Sea state: Slight or moderate occasionally smooth at first.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.

Portland

Wind: South or southwest 4 to 6.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.

Plymouth

Wind: South or southwest 4 to 6.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Mainly fair, rain later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate later.

Biscay

Wind: South or southeast 3 or 4, veering south 4 or 5 later.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Fair.
Visibility: Good.

Trafalgar

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Northerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: Northeasterly 5 to 7, but 7 or gale 8 at first in southeast, becoming cyclonic 3 to 5 later.
Sea state: Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough later.
Weather: Showers in south.
Visibility: Moderate or good.

FitzRoy

Gale warning: Issued: 10:00 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Cyclonic, becoming southwesterly, then veering northwesterly later, 4 to 6.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Rain for a time.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

Sole

Gale warning: Issued: 15:53 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 continuing

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, veering westerly or northwesterly 4 or 5 later in west.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Lundy

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Fastnet

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, veering westerly or northwesterly 4 or 5 later.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Occasional rain.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Irish Sea

Gale warning: Issued: 10:00 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later

Wind: Southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, veering northwesterly 4 or 5 later in west.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally rough.
Weather: Rain.
Visibility: Moderate or poor.

Shannon

Gale warning: Issued: 21:58 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, veering southwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Squally rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor.

Rockall

Gale warning: Issued: 10:00 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 continuing, decreasing gale force 8 soon

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, veering southwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: Rough or very rough, occasionally high.
Weather: Squally rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor.

Malin

Gale warning: Issued: 10:00 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 continuing, decreasing gale force 8 soon

Wind: South or southwest 6 to gale 8, veering southwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Squally rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor.

Hebrides

Gale warning: Issued: 21:58 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: South or southwest, becoming cyclonic for a time, 7 to severe gale 9.
Sea state: Very rough or high.
Weather: Squally rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor, occasionally good.

Bailey

Gale warning: Issued: 21:58 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly storm force 10 decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Wind: South or southwest, becoming cyclonic for a time, 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first.
Sea state: Very rough or high.
Weather: Squally rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor, occasionally good.

Fair Isle

Gale warning: Issued: 21:58 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: South or southwest, becoming cyclonic for a time, 7 to severe gale 9.
Sea state: Rough or very rough in southeast, but elsewhere very rough or high.
Weather: Squally rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor, occasionally good.

Faeroes

Gale warning: Issued: 15:53 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwest severe gale force 9 continuing

Wind: South or southwest, becoming cyclonic for a time, 7 to severe gale 9.
Sea state: Very rough or high.
Weather: Squally rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor, occasionally good.

Southeast Iceland

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Sat 13 Dec 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 increasing storm force 10 later

Wind: Cyclonic gale 8 to storm 10, becoming southwesterly 4 to 6, increasing 7 or gale 8 later.
Sea state: Very rough or high, but rough for a time near the coast, becoming rough or very rough later.
Weather: Rain then showers, perhaps wintry later.
Visibility: Moderate or 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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