Coast and sea
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Extended outlook map
Cullercoats
Low 100 miles south of Iceland 957 at 1800 on Sunday tracking northeast over Southeast Iceland and expected 50 miles northwest of Norwegian Basin 964 by midday on Monday, this then moving away northeast by midday on Tuesday. New low expected FitzRoy 1011 by midday on Wednesday. New low expected Malin 1005 by midday on Wednesday. New low expected Southeast Iceland 997 by midday on Wednesday. Gales are expected in all areas on Sunday evening, with severe gales expected in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire and Forties. These gales are expected to ease in all areas except Viking and Fair Isle by midday on Monday. The gales in Viking and Fair Isle are expected to ease by midday on Tuesday. Further gales are then expected to develop in Forties, Tyne, Dogger and Humber by late on Wednesday. Widespread fog is not expected
Niton
Low 100 miles south of Iceland 957 at 1800 on Sunday tracking northeast over Southeast Iceland and expected 50 miles northwest of Norwegian Basin 964 by midday on Monday, this then moving away northeast by midday on Tuesday. New low expected FitzRoy 1011 by midday on Wednesday. New low expected Malin 1005 by midday on Wednesday. New low expected Southeast Iceland 997 by midday on Wednesday. Gales are expected in all areas on Sunday evening, with severe gales expected to affect the far northwest of Shannon. These gales are expected to ease in all areas by midday on Monday. No gales are expected during Tuesday. Further gales are then expected to develop in FitzRoy, Sole, Fastnet and Shannon by midday on Wednesday. These gales are then expected to spread in western Lundy late in the day, but are expected to ease in northwest Shannon. Widespread fog is not expected
Portpatrick
Low 100 miles south of Iceland 957 at 1800 on Sunday tracking northeast over Southeast Iceland and expected 50 miles northwest of Norwegian Basin 964 by midday on Monday, this then moving away northeast by midday on Tuesday. New low expected FitzRoy 1011 by midday on Wednesday. New low expected Malin 1005 by midday on Wednesday. New low expected Southeast Iceland 997 by midday on Wednesday. Gales expected in all areas except Southeast Iceland on Sunday evening, with severe gales expected in northwest Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides and southeast Bailey. These are expected to ease in Shannon, Rockall and Malin by midday Monday, but are expected to spread into Southeast Iceland. These are expected to ease in all areas by end of Tuesday. Further gales expected to develop in Fastnet, Shannon and Rockall by midday Wednesday. These expected to spread into western Lundy, Malin and Hebrides late Wednesday, but ease in northwest Shannon and Rockall. Widespread fog 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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