Coast and sea
The general synopsis at 0600
Atlantic low expected Southeast Iceland 957 by 0600 Thursday
Issued at: .
For the period to .
Shipping forecast and gale warnings map
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Viking
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale force 9 later
- Wind
- Southerly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, perhaps storm 10 for a time later.
- Sea state
- Occasionally moderate at first, otherwise rough or very rough, occasionally high later.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
North Utsire
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale force 9 later
- Wind
- Southerly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9.
- Sea state
- Occasionally moderate at first, otherwise rough or very rough, occasionally high later.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
South Utsire
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southeasterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later
- Wind
- Southerly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9.
- Sea state
- Occasionally moderate at first, otherwise rough or very rough, occasionally high later.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Forties
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 7 or gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering west 5 to 7 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough for a time in.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Cromarty
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southeasterly severe gale force 9 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 7 or gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering west 5 to 7 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough for a time in.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Forth
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southeasterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 7 or gale 8, veering west 5 to 7 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Tyne
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 7 or gale 8, veering west 5 to 7 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Dogger
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 7 or gale 8, occasionally cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 7 or gale 8, veering west 5 to 7 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Fisher
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
German Bight
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Variable 3 at first, otherwise cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Humber
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Thames
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Dover
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Wight
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6, becoming south 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Portland
- Wind
- Southwest, 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first, perhaps gale 8 for a time.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate at first, otherwise moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Plymouth
- Wind
- Southwest, 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first, perhaps gale 8 for a time.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Biscay
- Wind
- Southwest, 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Trafalgar
Forecast issued:
- Wind
- North or northwest 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
FitzRoy
- Wind
- Southwest, 5 to 7, occasionally 4 at first.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Sole
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain, then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Lundy
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain, then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Fastnet
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 to 6 later, but increasing 7 or gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough later.
- Weather
- Rain, then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Irish Sea
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9 expected later
- Wind
- South or southwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, decreasing 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight at times, otherwise moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain, then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Shannon
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering and decreasing southwesterly gale force 8 imminent
- Wind
- South 7 to severe gale 9, veering west or southwest, 5 to 7, increasing 7 to severe gale 9 later.
- Sea state
- Very rough.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Rockall
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Storm force 10 veering westerly imminent and decreasing severe gale force 9 soon
- Wind
- Cyclonic, 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10, becoming southwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Malin
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9 imminent veering and decreasing southwesterly gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- Cyclonic, 7 to severe gale 9, becoming southwesterly 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Moderate at times in east, otherwise rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Hebrides
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Severe gale force 9 veering and increasing southwesterly storm force 10 soon
- Wind
- Cyclonic 7 or gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 or storm 10, becoming westerly 7 to severe gale 9 later.
- Sea state
- Very rough or high, occasional very high.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Bailey
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southeasterly storm force 10 expected soon, veering southwesterly violent storm force 11 later
- Wind
- Cyclonic 7 or gale 8, increasing 9 or storm 10, occasionally violent storm 11, becoming westerly 7 to severe gale 9 later.
- Sea state
- Very rough or high, occasional very high.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Fair Isle
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased, but southeasterly storm force 10 expected later
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6, backing south or southeast gale 8 to storm 10, veering southwest 5 to 7 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming very rough or high later, occasionally rough in southeast.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Faeroes
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased, but southeasterly storm force 10 expected later
- Wind
- Southwesterly 4 to 6, backing east or southeast 8 to storm 10, becoming cyclonic later, perhaps violent storm 11 later.
- Sea state
- Rough, becoming very rough or high, occasionally very high.
- Weather
- Rain or squally showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Southeast Iceland
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased, but southeasterly storm force 10 expected later
- Wind
- Southwesterly 4 to 6, backing east or southeast 8 to storm 10, becoming cyclonic later.
- Sea state
- Rough, becoming very rough or high, occasionally very high.
- Weather
- Rain or squally showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Shipping forecast information
The shipping forecast is issued four times a day at 2300, 0500, 1100, 1700 UTC and covers a period of 24 hours from 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 UTC respectively.
The waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas shown on the map.
The forecast contains details of gale warnings in force, a general synopsis and sea-area forecasts containing wind direction and force, sea state, weather and visibility.
Gale warnings are issued as required throughout the day (for winds of Gale Force 8 or more).
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