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Shipping forecast and gale warnings

GALE WARNINGS

• Gale warnings have been issued for the sea areas coloured in red on the map below
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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: 1708 on Thu 20 Nov 2008

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The general synopsis at midday

Low Norwegian Sea 969 expected finland 974 by midday tomorrow. Frontal trough Fair Isle to Southeast Iceland expected Holland to Bailey by same time

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The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1725

There are warnings of gales in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight, Humber, Thames, Dover, Irish Sea, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes, South-east Iceland


The General synopsis at midday
Low Norwegian Sea 969 expected finland 974 by midday tomorrow. Frontal trough Fair Isle to Southeast Iceland expected Holland to Bailey by same time

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Northeast Forties
Northwesterly 6 to gale 8. Very rough or high. Squally wintry showers. Good, occasionally very poor

Southwest Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger
Northwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 for a time. Rough or very rough. Squally showers, becoming wintry. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Fisher, German Bight
Northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first, perhaps severe gale 9 later. Very rough. Showers, becoming wintry. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Humber, Thames
Northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 in Humber, perhaps severe gale 9 later in Thames. Rough or very rough. Showers. Moderate or good

Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth
Northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in Dover. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough later. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor in Plymouth

Biscay
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7. Moderate, becoming rough later. Occasional drizzle. Moderate or good

Trafalgar (Issued 0015 Thu 20 Nov)
Northeasterly 5 to 7. Moderate or rough. Showers, squally in southeast Trafalgar. Moderate or good

North FitzRoy, Sole
Northwesterly 4 or 5 increasing 5 to 7. Moderate or rough. Occasional drizzle. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall, Malin
Northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in Irish Sea, Rockall and Malin. Moderate or rough, but very rough in Rockall and Malin. Occasional rain. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Hebrides, Bailey
Northwest gale 8 or severe gale 9 decreasing 5 to 7. Very rough, becoming rough later. Rain or showers, occasionally wintry. Moderate or good, occasionally poor

Fair Isle, Faeroes
Northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally variable 4 at first. Rough or very rough. Squally wintry showers. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor

South-east Iceland
Northerly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first in southwest, becoming variable 3 or 4 in west. Rough or very rough, becoming moderate in west. Squally wintry showers. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor

Sea area gale warnings, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Last updated on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1708.

All gale warnings currently in force

Viking, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0954
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

North Utsire, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0954
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

South Utsire, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0954
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Forties, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Cromarty, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Forth, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Tyne, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Dogger, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Fisher, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0954
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon

German Bight, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0954
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon

Humber, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 soon

Thames, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0954
     Northwesterly gale force 8 expected later

Dover, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 expected soon

Irish Sea, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0435
     Northwesterly gale force 8 imminent

Rockall, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 imminent

Malin, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0435
     Northwesterly gale force 8 imminent

Hebrides, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Bailey, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 1547
     Northwesterly gale force 8 increasing severe gale force 9 imminent

Fair Isle, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0352
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Faeroes, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0352
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent

Southeast Iceland, issued on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 0352
     Northwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 imminent