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The high seas forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, on Thursday 09 September 2010 at 0800 UTC
There are no storm warnings currently in force.
The General synopsis
At 090000
UTC, low 50 north 25 west 1005 expected 56 north 12 west 999 by 100000
UTC. Low 59 north 29 west 992 expected 61 north 24 west with little change by same time. Low 50 north 43 west 1002 expected 51 north 28 west 1005 by that time. at 090000
UTC, high 38 north 19 west 1024 slow-moving, intensifying 1026 by 100000
UTC. Lows 47 north 33 west 1006 and 68 north 04 east 1019 both losing their identities by same time. High 73 north 20 west 1025 dissipating by that time
The area forecasts for the next 24 hours from Thursday 09 September 2010 at 0800 UTC
Sole
- Wind:
- West 3 or 4 backing southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 at times.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Showers then occasional rain.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Shannon
- Wind:
- Southwest, backing south or southeast for a time, 3 or 4, increasing 6 to gale 8 for a time.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough later.
- Weather:
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Rockall
- Wind:
- Southwest 3 or 4 becoming cyclonic 5 to 7.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Bailey
- Wind:
- South or southwest backing southeast 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times, becoming cyclonic 5 or 6 later.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Faeroes
- Wind:
- Southeast 5 to 7, decreasing 3 or 4 for a time.
- Sea State:
- Rough or very rough becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain, fog patches developing.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
Southeast Iceland
- Wind:
- Southeasterly 5 to 7, decreasing 3 or 4 for a time.
- Sea State:
- Rough or very rough becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain, fog patches developing.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
East Northern Section
In north
- Wind:
- Easterly or southeasterly, becoming cyclonic in northwest, 4 or 5.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
East Northern Section
In south
- Wind:
- Southwesterly, veering westerly or northwesterly in west later, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in west.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Showers, rain for a time in far southeast.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good.
West Northern Section
In north
- Wind:
- Northerly or northeasterly, backing northerly or northwesterly later, 5 to 7.
- Sea State:
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain or drizzle.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
West Northern Section
In southeast
- Wind:
- Cyclonic mainly southwesterly 5 or 6, decreasing 4 for a time, becoming northwesterly 5 or 6 later.
- Sea State:
- Rough, occasionally moderate.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good.
West Northern Section
In southwest
- Wind:
- Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 at times.
- Sea State:
- Rough, occasionally moderate.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good.
East Central Section
- Wind:
- Mainly southwesterly, but cyclonic for a time, 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 at times except in far north.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
West Central Section
- Wind:
- Mainly westerly or southwesterly veering westerly or northwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Showers.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good.
Denmark Strait
- Wind:
- Northeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in northeast, decreasing 4 at times.
- Sea State:
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather:
- Rain, fog patches, mainly in east.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
North Iceland
In far northwest
- Wind:
- Northeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times.
- Sea State:
- Rough, occasionally moderate.
- Weather:
- Rain, fog patches.
- Visibility:
- Moderate to very poor.
North Iceland
In remainder of region
- Wind:
- Easterly or southeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times.
- Sea State:
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain or drizzle, fog patches.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
Norwegian Basin
- Wind:
- Variable 3 at first in northeast, otherwise southeasterly 5 or 6, decreasing 4 at times.
- Sea State:
- Slight at first in northeast, otherwise moderate or rough.
- Weather:
- Occasional rain or drizzle, but mainly fair in far northeast, fog patches in west.
- Visibility:
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor, but occasionally very poor in west.
Sea area gale warnings, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Last updated on Thursday 09 September 2010 at 1521 UTC.
All gale warnings currently in force
Shannon,
issued on Thursday 09 September 2010 at 0329 UTC
Southerly gale force 8 expected soon
