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Shipping forecast and gale warnings

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The general synopsis at 1800

Low west Bailey 957 expected 400 miles east of Iceland 967 by 1800 Friday

Issued at: 23:30 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025.

For the period 00:00 (UTC) on Fri 28 Nov 2025 to 00:00 (UTC) on Sat 29 Nov 2025.

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Shipping forecast and gale warnings explained

Viking

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Gale now ceased but southwesterly severe gale force 9 expected later

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7 later.
Sea state: Rough, becoming very rough or high.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

North Utsire

Gale warning: Issued: 15:52 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale force 9 later

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7 later.
Sea state: Rough, becoming very rough or high.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

South Utsire

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Gale now ceased but southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, veering westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7 later.
Sea state: Rough, becoming very rough or high.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Forties

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Gale now ceased but southwesterly severe gale force 9 expected later

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7 later.
Sea state: Rough, becoming very rough or high.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Cromarty

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 continuing

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7 later.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in east.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good.

Forth

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Wind: Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, veering westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7 later.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in east.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good.

Tyne

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

Dogger

Gale warning: Issued: 03:44 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Gale now ceased but southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

Fisher

Gale warning: Issued: 09:46 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Gale now ceased but southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times.
Sea state: Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

German Bight

Wind: Southwest 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later.
Sea state: Moderate or rough.
Weather: Occasional rain, then showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

Humber

Wind: Southwest 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later.
Sea state: Mainly moderate or rough, but slight or moderate in far west.
Weather: Occasional rain, then showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.

Thames

Wind: West or southwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally slight.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Dover

Wind: West or southwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally slight.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Wight

Wind: West or southwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally slight.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Portland

Wind: West or southwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally slight.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Plymouth

Wind: West or southwest 4 to 6, occasionally 7.
Sea state: Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good.

Biscay

Wind: West or southwest 4 to 6.
Sea state: Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Trafalgar

Wind: Northeasterly 4 or 5 at first in southeast, otherwise variable 2 to 4.
Sea state: Slight or moderate, becoming rough in north.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.

FitzRoy

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: Cyclonic mainly southwesterly 3 to 5, but increasing 6 to gale 8 in north.
Sea state: Moderate at first in south and east, otherwise rough or very rough.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Sole

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 continuing

Wind: West or southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times, becoming cyclonic 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: High at first in west, otherwise rough or very rough.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Lundy

Gale warning: Issued: 09:46 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: West or southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times, becoming cyclonic 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: Rough or very rough.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Fastnet

Gale warning: Issued: 09:46 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Wind: West or southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times, becoming cyclonic 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: High at first in southwest, otherwise rough or very rough.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Irish Sea

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly gale force 8 continuing

Wind: West or southwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times.
Sea state: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in south.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Shannon

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Wind: Southwest 6 to gale 8, veering west 3 to 5 later.
Sea state: Very high at first in north, otherwise high, but becoming very rough later.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Poor, occasionally moderate later.

Rockall

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly storm force 10 decreasing severe gale force 9 soon

Wind: Southwest gale 8 to storm 10, veering north or northwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: High or very high, becoming very rough or high later.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Poor, occasionally moderate later.

Malin

Gale warning: Issued: 15:52 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly storm force 10 continuing

Wind: Southwest gale 8 to storm 10, veering north or northwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: High or very high, becoming very rough or high later.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Poor, occasionally moderate later.

Hebrides

Gale warning: Issued: 15:52 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly storm force 10 continuing

Wind: Southwest gale 8 to storm 10, veering north or northwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea state: High or very high, becoming very rough or high later.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Poor, occasionally moderate later.

Bailey

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Storm force 10 veering northeasterly and decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Wind: Cyclonic 7 to severe gale 9 becoming north 6 to gale 8, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea state: High or very high, becoming very rough later.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Poor, becoming moderate later.

Fair Isle

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 increasing storm force 10 imminent

Wind: Southwest 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first, veering northwest 6 to gale 8 later.
Sea state: Very rough or high, becoming very high for a time in west.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or poor.

Faeroes

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Severe gale force 9 veering northerly imminent, increasing storm force 10 soon

Wind: Cyclonic becoming northwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first in north, decreasing 6 later.
Sea state: Very rough or high, becoming high or very high for a time.
Weather: Squally showers, becoming wintry later.
Visibility: Moderate or poor.

Southeast Iceland

Gale warning: Issued: 21:51 (UTC) on Thu 27 Nov 2025

Northeasterly violent storm force 11 now decreased storm force 10, backing northerly and decreasing severe gale force 9 soon

Wind: Northeasterly gale 8 to storm 10 backing northerly 6 to gale 8, veering northeasterly 4 or 5 later in west.
Sea state: Very rough or high, becoming very high for a time at first in south, becoming rough later in west.
Weather: Rain or snow, then snow showers.
Visibility: Moderate to very poor, occasionally good later.

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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