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Cullercoats
HIGH PRESSURE 150 MILES WEST OF BAILEY 1035 ON THURSDAY EVENING, THIS IS SLOW MOVING, EXPECTED 1032 BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY, THE HIGH THEN MOVING EAST TO BE CENTRED OVER BAILEY 1031 BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY THEN MOVING SOUTH TO BE CENTRED OVER ROCKALL 1030 BY MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE CENTRED IN FAIR ISLE 1031 ON THURSDAY EVENING DISSIPATING BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY. NEW LOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN NORWAY 1022 BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY, THIS THEN LOSING ITS IDENTITY BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY. NO GALES EXPECTED THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN EAST VIKING, NORTH UTSIRE, SOUTH UTSIRE, EAST FORTIES, EAST DOGGER, FISHER, GERMAN BIGHT, EAST HUMBER, THAMES, DOVER AND WIGHT FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS THEN DEVELOPING IN EAST VIKING, NORTH UTSIRE, SOUTH UTSIRE, EAST FORTIES, FISHER AND NORTH GERMAN BIGHT DURING SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD FOG IS NOT EXPECTED
Niton
HIGH PRESSURE 150 MILES WEST OF BAILEY 1035 ON THURSDAY EVENING, THIS IS SLOW MOVING, EXPECTED 1032 BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY, THE HIGH THEN MOVING EAST TO BE CENTRED OVER BAILEY 1031 BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY THEN MOVING SOUTH TO BE CENTRED OVER ROCKALL 1030 BY MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE CENTRED IN FAIR ISLE 1031 ON THURSDAY EVENING DISSIPATING BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY. NEW LOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN NORWAY 1022 BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY, THIS THEN LOSING ITS IDENTITY BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY. NO GALES EXPECTED THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN THAMES, DOVER, WIGHT, PORTLAND, PLYMOUTH, BISCAY, FITZROY AND SOLE FROM THURSDAY EVENING, THESE EASING IN THE EAST BY LATE IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND IN THE WEST BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING IN PORTLAND, PLYMOUTH, BISCAY, FITZROY AND SOLE BY MIDDAY SATURDAY, BEFORE EASING BY MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. NO WIDESPREAD FOG EXPECTED
Portpatrick
HIGH PRESSURE 150 MILES WEST OF BAILEY 1035 ON THURSDAY EVENING, THIS IS SLOW MOVING, EXPECTED 1032 BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY, THE HIGH THEN MOVING EAST TO BE CENTRED OVER BAILEY 1031 BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY THEN MOVING SOUTH TO BE CENTRED OVER ROCKALL 1030 BY MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE CENTRED IN FAIR ISLE 1031 ON THURSDAY EVENING DISSIPATING BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY. NEW LOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN NORWAY 1022 BY MIDDAY ON FRIDAY, THIS THEN LOSING ITS IDENTITY BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY. NO GALES EXPECTED THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. STRONG WINDS EXPECTED IN SOUTH ROCKALL, WEST HEBRIDES, NORTH BAILEY AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS THEY EASE FROM THE SOUTH. WIDESPREAD FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST ICELAND THROUGH SUNDAY, MORE ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST WHERE THE SEA TEMPERATURES ARE LOWER
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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