Coast and sea
The general synopsis at 0600
Low Rockall 969 expected 100 miles northeast of Iceland 957 by 0600 tomorrow
Issued at: .
For the period to .
Shipping forecast and gale warnings map
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Viking
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southeasterly gale force 8, increasing severe gale force 9 imminent
- Wind
- Southeasterly 7 to severe gale 9, veering southerly 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first.
- Weather
- Rain then fair.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
North Utsire
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southeasterly gale force 8, increasing severe gale force 9 imminent
- Wind
- Southeasterly 7 to severe gale 9, veering southerly 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain then fair.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
South Utsire
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Southeasterly 6 to gale 8, veering southerly 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate occasionally poor.
Forties
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly severe gale 9 expected later
- Wind
- Southeast, veering south, 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming moderate later.
- Weather
- Thundery rain at first.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Cromarty
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly severe gale 9 expected later
- Wind
- Southeast, veering south, 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming moderate later.
- Weather
- Thundery rain at first.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Forth
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly severe gale 9 expected later
- Wind
- Southeast, veering south, 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, becoming moderate later.
- Weather
- Thundery rain at first.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Tyne
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Southeast, veering south 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming slight later.
- Weather
- Occasional rain, becoming fair.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Dogger
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased but southeasterly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Southeast, veering south 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough at first.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Fisher
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale now ceased but southerly gale force 8 expected later
- Wind
- Southeast, veering south 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
German Bight
- Wind
- South 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, occasionally slight in far southeast.
- Weather
- Fog patches, rain later.
- Visibility
- Moderate, occasionally very poor.
Humber
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- South 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough, becoming south in west.
- Weather
- Fair then rain.
- Visibility
- Good becoming poor.
Thames
- Wind
- South 4 to 6, veering west or southwest 3 or 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair then occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Dover
- Wind
- South 4 to 6, veering west or southwest 3 or 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair then occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Wight
- Wind
- South 4 to 6, veering west or southwest 3 or 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough.
- Weather
- Fair then occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Portland
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly gale force 8 expected soon
- Wind
- South 6 to gale 8, veering west 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Plymouth
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- South 6 to gale 8, veering west 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Biscay
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- South 6 to gale 8, veering west 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good occasionally poor.
Trafalgar
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southwesterly gale force 8 continuing
Forecast issued:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4 at first in southeast, otherwise southerly or southwesterly becoming cyclonic 6 to gale 8, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Moderate at first in southeast, otherwise, rough or very rough, occasionally high in west.
- Weather
- Thundery rain.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
FitzRoy
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- West or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- High becoming very rough.
- Weather
- Showers, squally at first.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor at first in southeast.
Sole
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- West or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- High becoming very rough.
- Weather
- Showers, squally at first.
- Visibility
- Good.
Lundy
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9, decreasing gale force 8 imminent
- Wind
- South, veering southwest, 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first, decreasing 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first.
- Weather
- Rain then showers, thundery at first.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Fastnet
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- South, veering southwest, 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first.
- Weather
- Rain then showers, thundery at first.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Irish Sea
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9, decreasing gale force 8 imminent
- Wind
- South, veering southwest, 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first, decreasing 4 or 5.
- Sea state
- Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first, becoming moderate.
- Weather
- Rain then showers, thundery at first.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Shannon
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southwesterly severe gale force 9, now decreased gale force 8
- Wind
- Southwest 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- High occasionally very rough.
- Weather
- Squally showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Rockall
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southwesterly severe gale force 9, now decreased gale force 8
- Wind
- Southwest 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- High occasionally very rough.
- Weather
- Squally showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Malin
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- South 7 to severe gale 9, veering southwest 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- High occasionally very rough.
- Weather
- Squally showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate.
Hebrides
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- South 7 to severe gale 9, veering southwest 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- High occasionally very rough.
- Weather
- Squally showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate.
Bailey
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Gale force 8 veering southwesterly and increasing severe gale force 9 imminent
- Wind
- Southwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first.
- Sea state
- High occasionally very rough.
- Weather
- Squally showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate.
Fair Isle
- Gale warning
-
Issued:
Southerly severe gale force 9, decreasing gale force 8 soon
- Wind
- South 7 to severe gale 9, veering southwest 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Very rough or high, becoming rough in southeast.
- Weather
- Thundery rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Faeroes
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Gale force 8 veering southerly and increasing severe gale force 9 imminent
- Wind
- Cyclonic 7 to severe gale 9, becoming southwest 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Very rough or high.
- Weather
- Rain then squally showers.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
Southeast Iceland
- Gale warning
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Issued:
Gale force 8 now backed southeasterly, veering southwesterly and increasing severe gale force 9 imminent
- Wind
- Cyclonic 7 to severe gale 9, becoming southwest 6 to gale 8.
- Sea state
- Very rough or high.
- Weather
- Rain then squally showers.
- Visibility
- Poor becoming good.
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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