Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Complex low 990 Denmark Strait, moving east, expected to the southwest of Iceland 988 by midday Monday, then over Iceland 999 by midday Tuesday, before losing its identity. A second low over Spain 1011 at first, slowly moving northeast, expected 1011 over France by midday Tuesday then gradually losing identity through the rest of the forecast period. High German Bight 1026 expected Denmark 1025 by midday Monday, merging to a ridge extending from Fitzroy northeast to Scandinavia by Tuesday, building to high 1020 Fitzroy and 1019 Forties by midday Wednesday. New low 981 southeast of Greenland by midday Wednesday. No Gales, or extensive fog expected through the forecast period. Strong winds expected South Utsire and Fisher Sunday evening, weakening early Monday. Further strong winds expected Fair Isle at times on Monday and Tuesday
Niton
Complex low 990 Denmark Strait, moving east, expected to the southwest of Iceland 988 by midday Monday, then over Iceland 999 by midday Tuesday, before losing its identity. A second low over Spain 1011 at first, slowly moving northeast, expected 1011 over France by midday Tuesday then gradually losing identity through the rest of the forecast period. High German Bight 1026 expected Denmark 1025 by midday Monday, merging to a ridge extending from Fitzroy northeast to Scandinavia by Tuesday, building to high 1020 Fitzroy and 1019 Forties by midday Wednesday. New low 981 southeast of Greenland by midday Wednesday. No gales or extensive fog expected through the forecast period. Strong winds expected Fitzroy and Shannon Sunday evening, easing early Monday morning. Possible strong winds Shannon Wednesday evening
Portpatrick
Complex low 990 Denmark Strait, moving east, expected to the southwest of Iceland 988 by midday Monday, then over Iceland 999 by midday Tuesday, before losing its identity. A second low over Spain 1011 at first, slowly moving northeast, expected 1011 over France by midday Tuesday then gradually losing identity through the rest of the forecast period. High German Bight 1026 expected Denmark 1025 by midday Monday, merging to a ridge extending from Fitzroy northeast to Scandinavia by Tuesday, high 1020 Fitzroy and 1019 Forties by midday Wednesday. New low 981 southeast of Greenland by midday Wednesday. Gales expected Rockall and Bailey Sunday evening, transferring east to Hebrides, Faeroes and SE Iceland early Monday morning. Further gales expected Bailey on Tuesday. Strong winds expected Shannon, Malin Rockall and Bailey, Sunday evening, transferring east to Hebrides, Fair Isles, Faeroes, and SE Iceland early Monday morning. Further strong winds expected Malin, Rockall, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isles and Faeroes, easing Wednesday morning. No extensive fog expected through the forecast period
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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