BBC - Weather Centre - Coast and Sea - Portpatrick Area Forecast



	Niton Cullercoats Portpatrick ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 050620 UTC GALE WARNINGS: LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES SE ICELAND THE GENERAL SITUATION AT MIDNIGHT COMPLEX LOW S OF ICELAND 977 AND LOW GERMAN BIGHT 1005, LOSING THEIR IDENTITIES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. DEVELOPING ATLANTIC LOW MOV VERY RPDY NEWARDS, EXP ROCKALL 952 BY SAME TIME 24-HR FCSTS LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA S OR SW, BUT OCNL SE IN IRISH SEA, 5 TO 7, OCNL GALE 8. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, BUT ROUGH IN IRISH SEA. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHWRS. MOD OR POOR ROCKALL SE BECMG CYCLONIC, 5 TO 7, INCR 7 TO SEV GALE 9, PERHAPS STORM 10 LATER. VERY ROUGH BECMG HIGH. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHWRS. MOD OR POOR MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY CYCLONIC 5 OR 6, BECMG SE 6 TO GALE 8, PERHAPS SEV GALE 9 LATER, VEER S LATER IN MALIN. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHWRS. MOD OR POOR FAIR ISLE FAEROES SE ICELAND E OR SE 5 TO 7, OCNL GALE 8. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHWRS. MOD OR POOR OUTLOOK FLW 24 HOURS: STORMS EXP IN ROCKALL. SEV GALES EXP IN MALIN, HEBRIDES, BAILEY, FAIR ISLE, FAEROES AND SE ICELAND. GALES EXP IN LUNDY, FASTNET AND IRISH SEA


	Area forecasts for the waters around the United Kingdom are disseminated via NAVTEX transmitters at Cullercoats, Niton and Portpatrick and we publish these here. They are broadcast (and published on our site) at approximately 0620/1820 (Portpatrick), 0840/2040 (Niton) and 0900/2100 (Cullercoats). These give a summary of gale warnings in force, a general synopsis and 24 hour forecasts plus and outlook for the following 24 hours.

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