
The general synopsis at 1800
Low 550 miles west of south Shannon 1000 expected 100 miles west of Bailey 998 by 1800 Saturday
Issued at: .
For the period to .
Shipping forecast and gale warnings map
Viking
- Wind
- In west, southerly 4 or 5. In east, variable 3 or less, increasing 4 at times.
- Sea state
- In west, slight or moderate. in east, smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
North Utsire
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, increasing 4 at times.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
South Utsire
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, increasing 4 at times, but becoming northeasterly 4 or 5 in east.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Forties
- Wind
- In east, variable 3 or less, increasing 4 at times. In west, southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- In east, smooth or slight. in west, smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in north.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Cromarty
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in northeast.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Forth
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Tyne
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Dogger
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, increasing 4 at times.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Fisher
- Wind
- Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
German Bight
- Wind
- Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Humber
- Wind
- Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 at times in west.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate in east, smooth or slight in west.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Thames
- Wind
- Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Dover
- Wind
- Northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 at times.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Wight
- Wind
- In east, northerly or northeasterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 at times. In west, easterly or northeasterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 in north.
- Sea state
- In east, slight or moderate. in west, smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Portland
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Plymouth
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 in north.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate later.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Biscay
- Wind
- Easterly or northeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally variable 2 later in north.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Trafalgar
- Wind
- Northerly 3 to 5 in west, but cyclonic 2 to 4 in east.
- Sea state
- Rough at first in northwest, otherwise slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
FitzRoy
- Wind
- In south, easterly or northeasterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first in east. In north, southerly or southeasterly 4 to 6 in west but easterly or southeasterly 3 to 5 in east.
- Sea state
- In south, moderate or rough. in north, moderate or rough in west, slight or moderate in east.
- Weather
- Rain in northwest, fair elsewhere.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor in northwest.
Sole
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 4 to 6 in west but easterly or southeasterly 3 to 5 in east.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough in west, slight or moderate in east.
- Weather
- Rain in west, fair in east.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor in west.
Lundy
- Wind
- Variable mainly southeast 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight in east, slight or moderate in west.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Fastnet
- Wind
- Variable mainly southeast 2 to 4, increasing 5 at times.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Irish Sea
- Wind
- Variable mainly southeast 2 to 4, increasing 5 at times.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Shannon
- Wind
- Southerly 5 to 7, veering southwesterly 4 to 6 later in west.
- Sea state
- Moderate at first in east, otherwise rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Good at first in east, otherwise moderate or poor.
Rockall
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Southerly 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times, then veering southwesterly 4 to 6 later in west.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Good at first in east, otherwise moderate or poor.
Malin
- Wind
- Southerly 5 to 7, occasionally 4 in east, perhaps gale 8 later in northwest.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming very rough later in northwest.
- Weather
- Rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, becoming moderate later.
Hebrides
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- South 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Bailey
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased, but southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- South 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later.
- Weather
- Rain at times.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Fair Isle
- Wind
- South 4 to 6, occasionally 7 later.
- Sea state
- Mainly moderate or rough, but occasionally very rough in far west and becoming slight at times in south.
- Weather
- Rain at first in west.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first in west.
Faeroes
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased, but southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Southerly 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later in west.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Southeast Iceland
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased, but southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Southerly 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later.
- Weather
- Rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
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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