High seas forecast and storm warnings

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Updated: 0801 on Sat 21 Nov 2009

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The high seas forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0800

There are storm warnings in Sole, East Central Section, East Northern Section, Denmark Strait, West Central Section, Shannon, West Northern Section, Rockall.

The General synopsis

At 210000UTC, low 53 north 28 west 970 expected 54 north 16 west 954 by 220000UTC. Low 61 north 34 west 982 expected 63 north 40 west 981 by same time. Low 66 north 12 west 978 moving steadily northeast and losing its identity by that time. at 210000UTC, low 67 north 09 east 976 expected 72 north 16 east 984 by 220000UTC

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours from Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0800

Sole

Wind:

Southerly veering southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, increasing storm 10 at times, perhaps violent storm 11 later in west.

Sea State:

Very rough or high, increasing very high in west later.

Weather:

Rain or squally showers.

Visibility:

Moderate or poor, occasionally good.

Shannon

Wind:

Southerly or southeasterly, veering southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, increasing gale 8 to storm 10, perhaps violent storm 11 later.

Sea State:

Very rough increasing high or very high.

Weather:

Rain then squally showers.

Visibility:

Moderate or poor.

Rockall

Wind:

Southerly or southeasterly, backing easterly for a time, 6 to gale 8 increasing gale 8 to storm 10.

Sea State:

Rough or very rough, occasionally high later.

Weather:

Rain or squally showers.

Visibility:

Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Bailey

Wind:

Southerly, backing easterly or southeasterly, 6 to gale 8, increasing 7 to severe gale 9, perhaps storm 10 later.

Sea State:

Rough or very rough.

Weather:

Rain or showers.

Visibility:

Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Faeroes

Wind:

Southwesterly, backing easterly or northeasterly, 6 to gale 8.

Sea State:

Rough or very rough, occasionally high.

Weather:

Rain or showers.

Visibility:

Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Southeast Iceland

Wind:

Southwesterly, backing easterly or northeasterly, 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9.

Sea State:

Rough or very rough, occasionally high.

Weather:

Rain or showers.

Visibility:

Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

East Northern Section

 in north

Wind:

Southeasterly 5 or 6 backing northeasterly 7 to severe gale 9.

Sea State:

rough or very rough.

Weather:

occasional rain.

Visibility:

moderate or good.

East Northern Section

 in south

Wind:

Easterly, becoming cyclonic, 7 to severe gale 9 increasing gale 8 to storm 10.

Sea State:

very rough or high, occasionally very high in far south.

Weather:

rain or squally showers.

Visibility:

moderate or good, occasionally poor.

West Northern Section

 in northeast

Wind:

Easterly 5 or 6 increasing 6 to gale 8.

Sea State:

rough or very rough.

Weather:

occasional rain.

Visibility:

moderate or good.

West Northern Section

 in south

Wind:

Mainly westerly or northwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 in east.

Sea State:

very rough or high, occasionally very high in east.

Weather:

rain, mainly fair in west.

Visibility:

moderate or poor, occasionally good in west.

West Northern Section

 in northwest

Wind:

Northeasterly 6 to gale 8 becoming cyclonic gale 8 to storm 10, occasionally violent storm 11 later.

Sea State:

very rough or high.

Weather:

rain or snow.

Visibility:

moderate or poor, occasionally very poor. moderate, occasionally severe, icing in far northwest.

East Central Section

 in north

Wind:

Cyclonic becoming westerly or northwesterly gale 8 to storm 10, increasing violent storm 11 for a time.

Sea State:

very rough or high, increasing very high later.

Weather:

rain or squally showers.

Visibility:

moderate or poor.

East Central Section

 in south

Wind:

Southwesterly veering westerly or northwesterly gale 8 to storm 10 decreasing 7 to severe gale 9 later.

Sea State:

very rough or high, increasing very high.

Weather:

squally showers.

Visibility:

moderate or good, occasionally poor.

West Central Section

 in east

Wind:

Westerly or northwesterly gale 8 to storm 10 decreasing 5 to 7 later.

Sea State:

high or very high, decreasing very rough later.

Weather:

rain or squally showers.

Visibility:

moderate or poor, occasionally good.

West Central Section

 in west

Wind:

Westerly or northwesterly, becoming cyclonic, 6 to gale 8.

Sea State:

very rough, occasionally high at first.

Weather:

occasional rain.

Visibility:

moderate or good, occasionally poor later.

Denmark Strait

Wind:

Northerly or northeasterly 6 to gale 8 increasing severe gale 9 to violent storm 11 for a time in west.

Sea State:

rough or very rough but high in west.

Weather:

snow.

Visibility:

poor or very poor. moderate or severe icing with temperatures ms02 to ms04 in southwest, ms05 to ms08 in northeast.

North Iceland

 in north

Wind:

Northerly 7 or gale 8, decreasing 6 later.

Sea State:

rough or very rough.

Weather:

snow.

Visibility:

moderate or poor, occasionally very poor at first. moderate, occasionally severe icing in northwest at first with temperatures ms04 to ms07.

North Iceland

 in south

Wind:

Westerly veering northerly 6 or 7, occasionally gale 8 later.

Sea State:

rough or very rough.

Weather:

occasional rain.

Visibility:

moderate or poor.

Norwegian Basin

 in north

Wind:

Cyclonic, becoming mainly northerly or northeasterly later, 5 to 7.

Sea State:

rough or very rough.

Weather:

occasional rain.

Visibility:

moderate, occasionally poor.

Norwegian Basin

 in south

Wind:

Southwesterly backing easterly or northeasterly 6 to gale 8.

Sea State:

very rough, occasionally high at first.

Weather:

occasional rain or showers.

Visibility:

moderate or poor, occasionally good.

Sea area gale warnings, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Last updated on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 1013.

All gale warnings currently in force

Viking, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southeasterly gale force 8 expected later

North Utsire, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southeasterly gale force 8 expected later

South Utsire, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southeasterly gale force 8 expected later

Forties, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southerly gale force 8 expected soon

Cromarty, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southeasterly gale force 8 expected soon

Forth, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southerly gale force 8 expected soon

Tyne, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southerly gale force 8 expected soon

Dogger, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southerly gale force 8 expected soon

Thames, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southwesterly severe gale force 9 expected later

Dover, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southwesterly severe gale force 9 expected later

Wight, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southwesterly severe gale force 9 expected later

Portland, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southerly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 later

Plymouth, issued on Friday 20 November 2009 at 2157
     Southerly gale force 8 imminent, increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Biscay, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southerly severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly soon

Trafalgar, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Fitzroy, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southerly storm force 10 veering southwesterly and decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Sole, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southerly storm force 10 veering southwesterly imminent

Lundy, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southeasterly severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly soon

Fastnet, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southerly storm force 10 veering southwesterly and decreasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Irish Sea, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southeasterly severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly soon

Shannon, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Southerly storm force 10 veering southwesterly imminent and increasing violent storm force 11 soon

Rockall, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Easterly storm force 10 veering southerly and increasing violent storm force 11 soon

Malin, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0959
     Easterly storm force 10 veering southerly soon

Hebrides, issued on Friday 20 November 2009 at 2157
     Easterly gale force 8 expected soon, increasing severe gale force 9 later

Bailey, issued on Friday 20 November 2009 at 2157
     Severe gale force 9 now decreased gale force 8, backing easterly and increasing severe gale force 9 later

Fair Isle, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Southeasterly gale force 8 expected soon

Faeroes, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Gale force 8 backing easterly soon

Southeast Iceland, issued on Saturday 21 November 2009 at 0350
     Severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent, backing northeasterly soon, increasing severe gale force 9 later