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Shipping forecast and gale warnings

GALE WARNINGS

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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: 1543 on Tue 02 Dec 2008

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The general synopsis at 0600

Low Scotland 998 expected German Bight 992 by 0600 tomorrow. Developing Atlantic low moving steadily southeastwards, expected normandy 993 by same time

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Updated: 1109 on Wed 20 Dec 2006
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The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 1130

There are warnings of gales in Plymouth, Biscay, FitzRoy, Sole, Fastnet, Shannon


The General synopsis at 0600
Low Scotland 998 expected German Bight 992 by 0600 tomorrow. Developing Atlantic low moving steadily southeastwards, expected normandy 993 by same time

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire
Variable 3 or 4, becoming northerly 5 to 7 in west Viking. Slight or moderate, increasing rough in west Viking. Wintry showers. Mainly good

Forties, Cromarty, Forth
Cyclonic or northerly 4 or 5 increasing 5 to 7. Slight or moderate. Wintry showers. Mainly good

Tyne, Dogger
Southwest becoming cyclonic 4 or 5, then northerly 5 to 7 later. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough later. Showers. Mainly good

Fisher, German Bight
Variable 3 or 4, becoming southerly 5 to 7 for a time in German Bight. Slight or moderate. Showers. Mainly good

Humber, Thames, Dover
Southwest veering northwest 5 to 7, decreasing 4 at times. Slight or moderate. Rain or showers. Moderate or good

Wight, Portland, Plymouth
Westerly veering northerly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 in Plymouth later, then decreasing 4 or 5. Slight or moderate increasing moderate or rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or good

Biscay, FitzRoy
Southwest veering northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later. Moderate or rough increasing very rough. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Trafalgar (Issued 0015 Tue 02 Dec)
North 5 or 6 backing northwest 4 or 5. Very rough becoming rough. Showers. Good

Sole
West or northwest 5 to 7, increasing 7 to severe gale 9 for a time. Moderate or rough becoming very rough. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Lundy, Fastnet
West or northwest becoming cyclonic then north 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in Fastnet, decreasing 4 later. Moderate, occasionally rough. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Irish Sea
Northwest 5 to 7 veering north 4. Slight or moderate. Squally showers. Mainly good

Shannon
Cyclonic becoming northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9, decreasing 5 or 6 later. Rough becoming very rough. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey
North or northwest backing south or southeast 5 to 7, becoming variable 3 or 4 for a time. Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough at first. Wintry showers, squally at first. Mainly good

Fair Isle
Mainly northerly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 at times. Moderate or rough. Squally wintry showers. Good, occasionally poor

Faeroes, South-east Iceland
Northeasterly veering southeasterly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 at times. Moderate or rough. Wintry showers. Good, occasionally poor

Sea area gale warnings, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Last updated on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 1543.

All gale warnings currently in force

Plymouth, issued on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 1538
     Northwesterly gale force 8 expected soon

Biscay, issued on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 1538
     Westerly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Fitzroy, issued on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 1538
     Westerly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Sole, issued on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 0952
     Northwesterly gale force 8 imminent, increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Fastnet, issued on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 0952
     Northwesterly gale force 8 expected soon

Shannon, issued on Tuesday 02 December 2008 at 0952
     Northwesterly gale force 8 imminent, increasing severe gale force 9 soon