
The general synopsis at 1800
Low 50 miles north of Faeroes 994 expected 150 miles north of Faeroes 989 by 1800 Sunday
Issued at: .
For the period to .
Shipping forecast and gale warnings map
Viking
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
North Utsire
- Wind
- Southwesterly 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
South Utsire
- Wind
- Southwesterly 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate, becoming slight later.
- Weather
- Thundery rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Forties
- Wind
- Southwest 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Cromarty
- Wind
- Southwest 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight in east, otherwise slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Forth
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight in west.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Tyne
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Dogger
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Fisher
- Wind
- South or southwest 3 to 5, veering west or southwest 3 or 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, perhaps thundery later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
German Bight
- Wind
- South or southwest 3 to 5, veering west or southwest 3 or 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight.
- Weather
- Rain or showers, perhaps thundery later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Humber
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Thames
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Dover
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Wight
- Wind
- West or southwest, veering northwest, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Portland
- Wind
- West or southwest, veering northwest, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Plymouth
- Wind
- West or southwest, veering northwest, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Biscay
- Wind
- Northerly or northwesterly, but northerly or northeasterly in south, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery showers in south.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Trafalgar
- Wind
- Cyclonic 2 to 4 in far east, otherwise northerly 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough in northwest, but slight or moderate in southeast.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
FitzRoy
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Northerly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- In south, northerly or northeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in far southeast. In north, northerly or northwesterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- In south, moderate or rough. in north, moderate.
- Weather
- In south, thundery showers in east. In north, mainly fair.
- Visibility
- In south, good, occasionally poor. In north, mainly good.
Sole
- Wind
- Northerly or northwesterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally rough at first.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Mainly good.
Lundy
- Wind
- West or northwest, backing southwest for a time, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Fastnet
- Wind
- West or northwest, backing southwest for a time, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in west.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Irish Sea
- Wind
- West or northwest, backing southwest for a time, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Shannon
- Wind
- Northwest backing west, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally rough at first.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Rockall
- Wind
- Northwest 4 or 5, backing west 5 or 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Malin
- Wind
- Northwest 4 or 5, backing west 5 or 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Hebrides
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate, becoming rough.
- Weather
- Showers, thundery later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Bailey
- Wind
- West or northwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate, becoming rough.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Fair Isle
- Wind
- West or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming rough in north and west.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Faeroes
- Wind
- Westerly or southwesterly, becoming cyclonic later, 4 to 6, occasionally 7 at first in north.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Southeast Iceland
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Northwesterly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- Northwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in far east.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough at first in east.
- Weather
- Rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or 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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