Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 1008 southeastern Scotland Thursday evening will track west-northwest while steadily filling to 1012 northern Rockall Saturday night. High 1025 western Fitzroy extends a ridge over Bailey and to the Norwegian basin Thursday evening. High Fitzroy Thursday evening will decline as it moves east over Biscay Friday. High Norwegian Basin Thursday evening will strengthen while moving northeast Friday before extending a ridge south over the North Sea Saturday before continuing east through Sunday. Low 990 West Northern Section Thursday evening tracks northwest to fill southeast of Greenland Sunday. A further low 994 develops East Central Section Friday afternoon before filling slowly northeast, 1004 west of Rockall midday Sunday. Azores high 1026 Saturday night extends a ridge into Biscay Sunday. No gales are expected throughout this period. Winds will be strong over western parts of Fair Isle Thursday evening and again briefly during Saturday morning
Niton
Low 1008 southeastern Scotland Thursday evening will track west-northwest while steadily filling to 1012 northern Rockall Saturday night. High 1025 western Fitzroy extends a ridge over Bailey and to the Norwegian basin Thursday evening. High Fitzroy Thursday evening will decline as it moves east over Biscay Friday. High Norwegian Basin Thursday evening will strengthen while moving northeast Friday before extending a ridge south over the North Sea Saturday before continuing east through Sunday. Low 990 West Northern Section Thursday evening tracks northwest to fill southeast of Greenland Sunday. A further low 994 develops East Central Section Friday afternoon before filling slowly northeast, 1004 west of Rockall midday Sunday. Azores high 1026 Saturday night extends a ridge into Biscay Sunday. No gales are expected throughout this period. Strong to near gale winds spread east into Fitzroy, Sole, Lundy and Fastnet Friday morning before decreasing during Saturday
Portpatrick
Low 1008 southeastern Scotland Thursday evening tracks west-northwest while steadily filling to 1012 northern Rockall Saturday night. High 1025 western Fitzroy extends a ridge over Bailey and to the Norwegian basin Thursday evening. High Fitzroy Thursday evening will decline as it moves east over Biscay Friday. High Norwegian Basin Thursday evening will strengthen while moving northeast Friday before extending a ridge south over the North Sea Saturday before continuing east through Sunday. Low 990 West Northern Section Thursday evening tracks northwest to fill southeast of Greenland Sunday. A further low 994 develops East Central Section Friday afternoon before filling slowly northeast, 1004 west of Rockall midday Sunday. Azores high 1026 Saturday night extends a ridge into Biscay Sunday. No gales are expected throughout this period. Winds will be strong over western parts of Fair Isle Thursday evening and again briefly during Saturday morning. Strong to near gale winds spread east into southern Portpatrick Friday morning before moving north Saturday
The extended outlook information
The extended outlooks are issued once a day, at 2300 GMT and cover the next 3 to 5 days.
For the extended outlooks the waters surrounding the British Isles are divided into three areas: Cullercoats, Portpatrick and Niton. These three areas reflect the coverage areas of the UK's Navtex transmitters, which overlap in some areas.
The extended outlook forecast contains details of the likelihood of gales or storms, a general synopsis and a general forecast for the area of coverage of each Navtex transmitter.
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