Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low Wales 992 at 1800 on Saturday expected southern Norway 993 by midday on Sunday, this then moving away east by midday on Monday. high 150 miles west of Sole 1033 at midday on Sunday expected Shannon 1030 by midday on Monday, then expected Ireland 1029 by midday on Tuesday. Low Norwegian Basin 1010 at midday on Monday tracking southeast, expected southern Gulf of Bothnia 1013 by midday on Tuesday. Gales are expected in all areas on Saturday evening, with a risk of severe gales in Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Dogger, German Bight, Humber, Thames, Dover and Wight. The risk of severe gales is expected to extend into Viking, North Utsire and South Utsire by midday on Sunday. These gales are expected to die out from the west by midday on Monday. There is a risk of gales for a time in Forties on Monday night. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low Wales 992 at 1800 on Saturday expected southern Norway 993 by midday on Sunday, this then moving away east by midday on Monday. high 150 miles west of Sole 1033 at midday on Sunday expected Shannon 1030 by midday on Monday, then expected Ireland 1029 by midday on Tuesday. Low Norwegian Basin 1010 at midday on Monday tracking southeast, expected southern Gulf of Bothnia 1013 by midday on Tuesday. Gales are expected in all areas except for Biscay, FitzRoy and Sole on Saturday evening, with a risk of severe gales in Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth and Lundy. These gales are then expected to die out from the west during Sunday. There is a very small risk of gales in the far west of FitzRoy, Sole and Shannon for a time on Monday night. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
Low Wales 992 at 1800 on Saturday expected southern Norway 993 by midday on Sunday, this then moving away east by midday on Monday. high 150 miles west of Sole 1033 at midday on Sunday expected Shannon 1030 by midday on Monday, then expected Ireland 1029 by midday on Tuesday. Low Norwegian Basin 1010 at midday on Monday tracking southeast, expected southern Gulf of Bothnia 1013 by midday on Tuesday. Gales are expected in all areas on Saturday evening, with a risk of severe gales in Lundy and Malin. The gales are expected to die out in all areas except for Fair Isle by midday on Sunday, and are expected to then die out ion Fair Isle by the end of the day. There is a very small risk of gales in the far west of Shannon and Rockall for a time on Monday night. Widespread fog is not expected
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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