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Viking North Utsire South Utsire Forties Cromarty Forth Tyne Dogger Fisher German Bight Humber Thames Dover Wight Portland Plymouth Biscay FitzRoy Trafalgar Sole Lundy Fastnet Irish Sea Shannon Rockall Malin Hebrides Bailey Fair Isle Faeroes South-east Iceland Show all regions and types

Updated: 1622 on Sun 07 Sep 2008

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The general synopsis at 1300

Low Humber 1000, moving slowly northeast, expected Fisher 1006 by 1300 tomorrow. New low expected west Fitzroy 1003 by same time. High Faeroes 1016 moving away northeast

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The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, on Sunday 07 September 2008 at 1725

There are no warnings of gales currently in force


The General synopsis at 1300
Low Humber 1000, moving slowly northeast, expected Fisher 1006 by 1300 tomorrow. New low expected west Fitzroy 1003 by same time. High Faeroes 1016 moving away northeast

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth
Northeasterly or easterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5. Slight or moderate. Rain or showers, thundery in South Utsire and Forties. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Tyne, Dogger
Northeasterly backing westerly 4 or 5, decreasing 3 in Tyne later. Slight or moderate. Rain or showers, thundery in Dogger. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Fisher, German Bight
Easterly or southeasterly becoming cyclonic 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times. Moderate, occasionally rough in German Bight. Thundery showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Humber
Cyclonic 4 or 5, becoming westerly 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4 in west later. Moderate or rough. Thundery rain or showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first

Thames, Dover, Wight
Westerly backing southwesterly 5 or 6, occasionally 7 at first, decreasing 3 or 4 later. Slight or moderate. Showers, thundery in Thames at first, becoming fair. Moderate or good

Portland, Plymouth, Biscay
Westerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first, backing southeasterly 4. Slight or moderate. Fair. Good

FitzRoy, Sole
Southerly 4 or 5, backing southeasterly 5 to 7, then veering westerly 4 in west later. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough later. Rain or showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor later

Trafalgar (Issued 0015 Sun 07 Sep)
Northeasterly becoming variable, 3 or 4, then becoming southerly 6 in west later. Moderate or rough. Mainly fair. Moderate or good

Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
Northwesterly 3 or 4, backing southerly 5 or 6. Slight or moderate. Fair, rain in Fastnet later. Moderate or good

Shannon, Rockall
Southeasterly 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later, then veering southwest 4 in Shannon. Slight or moderate, becoming rough or very rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or good. Becoming poor for a time

Malin, Hebrides
Northeasterly veering southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good

Bailey
Southeasterly 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later. Slight becoming moderate or rough. Showers, rain later. Moderate or good, occasionally poor in west later

Fair Isle, Faeroes, South-east Iceland
Easterly or southeasterly 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 except in Fair Isle. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good

Sea area gale warnings, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Last updated on Sunday 07 September 2008 at 1622.

There are no gale warnings currently in force