Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 1000 expected by late Thursday over Ireland, will move northeast and lose its identity by late Friday. New low 984 expected by midday Sunday over Faeroes will move east over the Norwegian Basin by late Sunday, 979. Low 981 expected by midday Saturday over Iceland will extend south and east but quickly move northeast by early Sunday. Gales expected by late on Thursday in Viking, North Utsire and South Utsire, moderating by early on Friday, but returning from early on Saturday. Gales expected to spread in from the southwest from early on Saturday for Forties, Fisher, German Bight, Dogger, Humber and Thames, moderating by late on Saturday but returning by midday on Sunday for all areas except Thames. Risk for gales during Sunday in Cromarty. Risk for gales Saturday and Sunday in Forth and Tyne during. Gales expected by early on Saturday in Fair Isle, moderating by late on Saturday but returning by midday on Saturday
Niton
Low 1000 expected by late Thursday over Ireland, will move northeast and lose its identity by late Friday. New low 984 expected by midday Sunday over Faeroes will move east over the Norwegian Basin by late Sunday, 979. Low 981 expected by midday Saturday over Iceland will extend south and east but quickly move northeast by early Sunday. Gales expected by early on Saturday in Thames, moderating by late on Saturday. Risk for gales during Saturday in Wight. Risk for gales during Friday in Portland. Gales expected by early on Friday in Plymouth and Irish Sea, moderating by late on Friday, but returning by midday on Saturday for Irish Sea. Gales expected by late on Thursday in Fitzroy, Sole, Fastnet and Shannon, moderating by early on Friday, but returning by midday on Sunday for Fastnet and Shannon. Risk for gales on Sunday.in Lundy
Portpatrick
Low 1000 expected by late Thursday over Ireland, moving northeast and lose its identity by late Friday. New low 984 expected by midday Sunday over Faeroes will move east over the Norwegian Basin by late Sunday, 979. Low 981 expected by midday Saturday over Iceland will extend south and east but quickly move northeast by early Sunday. Risk for gales on Sunday in Lundy. Gales expected by late Thursday in Fastnet and Shannon, moderating by early Friday, returning by midday Sunday. Gales expected by early Friday in Irish Sea, moderating by late Friday, returning by midday Saturday. Gales expected by late Thursday in Rockall and Malin, moderating by late Friday, returning by early Sunday. Risk for gales during Saturday and Sunday in Hebrides. Gales expected by late Friday in Bailey. Gales expected by early Saturday in Fair Isle, moderating by late Saturday, returning by midday Saturday. Gales expected by late Thursday in Southeast Iceland, moderating for a time Friday
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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