And now the Shipping Forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 1130 on Saturday 11 July 2009.

There are warnings of gales in Plymouth Fitzroy Sole Lundy Fastnet Irish Sea Shannon Rockall Malin Hebrides and Bailey.

The general synopsis at 0700:
Atlantic low 996 moving steadily northeast expected Rockall 982 by 0700 tomorrow.

The area forecasts for the next 24 hours:

Viking North Utsire South Utsire Forties east Cromarty northwesterly 5 or 6, becoming variable 4, then southeasterly 5 or 6 in Forties and east Cromarty later. Rough decreasing moderate. Showers. Good.

West Cromarty Forth Tyne:
Variable 3 becoming southeast 5 or 6. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough later. Rain later. Good, becoming moderate later.

Dogger Fisher German Bight Humber:
West or northwest backing south or southeast 5 or 6, decreasing 4 for a time. Moderate or rough. Showers then mainly fair. Moderate or good.

Thames Dover Wight Portland:
South or southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 for a time. Slight or moderate. Rain. Good, becoming moderate or poor.

Plymouth:
South 5 or 6, increasing 7 or gale 8, veering west 4 or 5 later. moderate or rough. Rain, fog patches. Moderate, occasionally very poor, becoming good later.

Biscay southeast Fitzroy:
Variable 4, becoming southerly or southwesterly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 or 5 later. Slight becoming moderate, occasionally rough in north. rain for a time. Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

Northwest Fitzroy Sole Lundy Fastnet Irish Sea:
South or southeast 6 to gale 8, veering southwest 5 or 6. Moderate or rough. Rain, fog patches. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.

Shannon:
South or southeast 6 to gale 8, veering west 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 5 or 6 later. Rough or very rough. Rain, fog patches. moderate, occasionally very poor.

Rockall:
East 5 to 7, increasing 6 to gale 8, becoming cyclonic, then southwest 7 to severe gale 9 later. Moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough. Rain, fog patches. Moderate, occasionally very poor.

Malin:
East, veering south later, 5 or 6, increasing 6 to gale 8. Moderate, becoming rough or very rough. Rain, fog patches. Moderate, occasionally very poor.

Hebrides Bailey:
East or northeast 5 or 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later in Bailey. Moderate, increasing rough, occasionally very rough later. Rain later. Good, becoming moderate occasionally poor.

Fair Isle Faeroes Southeast Iceland:
Northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5, veering easterly 5 to 7, except in east Fair Isle and east Faeroes. Moderate, occasionally rough. Mainly fair. Moderate or good.