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THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE
AT 1725 ON WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2004
THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE
FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER
SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES SOUTHEAST
ICELAND
THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDDAY
LOW SCANDINAVIA 988 MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST WITH LITTLE CHANGE.
HIGH 500 MILES WEST OF SHANNON 1037 SLOW MOVING WITH LITTLE CHANGE.
NEW LOW EXPECTED GERMAN BIGHT 991 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. NEW LOW
EXPECTED VIKING 989 BY SAME TIME
THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
VIKING
NORTHERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY
POOR
NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE
NORTHWESTERLY 5 OR 6 INCREASING 7 OR GALE 8 FOR A TIME, BECOMING
CYCLONIC LATER. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE
FORTIES CROMARTY
NORTHWEST VEERING NORTH 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE
OR GOOD
FORTH TYNE
NORTHWEST VEERING NORTH 6 TO GALE 8. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE
DOGGER
NORTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. SNOW SHOWERS. GOOD
FISHER
NORTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8 DECREASING 4. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE
GERMAN BIGHT
NORTHWESTERLY BECOMING CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8 DECREASING 3. WINTRY
SHOWERS. GOOD
HUMBER
NORTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8 DECREASING 5. WINTRY SHOWERS. GOOD
THAMES
NORTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5 OCCASIONALLY 6 IN NORTH LATER. WINTRY SHOWERS.
GOOD
DOVER WIGHT
NORTH OR NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. WINTRY SHOWERS. GOOD
PORTLAND PLYMOUTH
NORTH BACKING NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 INCREASING 6 LATER. SHOWERS. GOOD
BISCAY
NORTHEASTERLY BACKING NORTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6.
SHOWERS. GOOD
FITZROY SOLE
NORTHEAST BACKING NORTH 5 OR 6, INCREASING 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER.
SHOWERS. GOOD
LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA
NORTH, BACKING NORTHWEST FOR A TIME, 5 OR 6 INCREASING 7.
SQUALLY WINTRY SHOWERS. GOOD
SHANNON ROCKALL
NORTHERLY 5 OR 6 INCREASING 7 OR GALE 8. WINTRY SHOWERS. GOOD
MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY
NORTHERLY 6 TO GALE 8. SQUALLY SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE
FAIR ISLE
NORTHERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, PERHAPS STORM 10 FOR A TIME LATER.
SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY POOR
FAEROES
NORTHERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY
POOR
SOUTHEAST ICELAND
NORTHERLY 6 TO GALE 8. SNOW SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD
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