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Shipping forecast

The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, on Sunday 08 November 2009 at 0015

There are warnings of gales in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay, FitzRoy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Fair Isle, Faeroes


The General synopsis at 1800
Lows Irish Sea 986, Fair Isle 991 and Faeroes 994 all losing their identities by 1800 Sunday

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire
Southeasterly backing easterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first, decreasing 4 at times. Rough or very rough becoming moderate or rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or good

Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger
Variable 3 or 4, but southeasterly 5 or 6 at times in northeast Forties. Rough at first in north Forties and far northeast of Cromarty, otherwise slight or moderate. Showers. Moderate or good

Fisher
Easterly or southeasterly 5 to 7, but variable 3 at times in west. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in north. Rain or showers. Moderate or good

German Bight, Humber
Variable 3 or 4, becoming east or southeast 5 at times. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good

Thames, Dover, Wight
Cyclonic at first in Wight, otherwise south or southwest backing north or northeast, 5 to 7, decreasing 3 or 4. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in Wight. Showers, squally at times. Moderate or good

Portland, Plymouth
Northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first in Plymouth, veering north 4 or 5 later. Rough or very rough in Portland, but very rough or high in Plymouth, occasionally very high at first in southwest Plymouth. Squally showers. Good, occasionally poor

Biscay
Northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first. High or very high becoming very rough or high. Squally showers. Moderate or poor

Trafalgar (Issued 0015 Sun 08 Nov)
Northerly or northwesterly 5 to 7. Rough at first in south Trafalgar, otherwise very rough or high. Rain or showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

North FitzRoy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet
Northwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, veering northerly 4 or 5. Very rough or high, but very high at first in north Fitzroy, Sole and southwest Fastnet, but in Lundy very rough or high becoming moderate or rough. Rain or squally showers. Moderate or poor, occasionally good

Irish Sea
Northerly 5 to 7, decreasing 3 or 4. Slight or moderate. Showers, squally at first in south. Moderate or good

Shannon, Rockall
Northwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 3 or 4, backing south 5 to 7 later. Very rough or high becoming rough or very rough, but very high at first in south Shannon. Showers, rain later. Moderate or poor

Malin
Northerly or northwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first in southwest, decreasing 3 or 4, becoming cyclonic then southeasterly later. Very rough or high becoming rough. Showers. Good

Hebrides, Bailey
Cyclonic becoming southeast 5 or 6, decreasing 3 at times. Very rough becoming rough. Showers. Good

Fair Isle, Faeroes, South-east Iceland
Cyclonic mainly easterly, 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first except in Southeast Iceland, becoming southeasterly 4 or 5. Rough or very rough. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor