146 FPUK71 EGRR 070300 AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 0505 ON SATURDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2009 THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH BISCAY FITZROY SOLE LUNDY FASTNET SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT LOW BAILEY 974 EXPECTED PORTLAND 993 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NEW LOW EXPECTED FAIR ISLE 997 BY SAME TIME THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE NORTHEAST FORTIES SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING VARIABLE 4 IN NORTHEAST FORTIES. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD SOUTHWEST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5, BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. ROUGH AT FIRST IN NORTHWEST FORTIES AND NORTHEAST CROMARTY, OTHERWISE SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. GOOD FISHER GERMAN BIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING VARIABLE 4 IN WEST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE EXCEPT IN NORTH FISHER. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST, VEERING NORTHWEST THEN BECOMING CYCLONIC, 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 AT FIRST, DECREASING 4 AT TIMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR PORTLAND PLYMOUTH WEST OR NORTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 LATER IN PLYMOUTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN PORTLAND, BUT VERY ROUGH OR HIGH IN PLYMOUTH, OCCASIONALLY VERY HIGH IN SOUTHWEST PLYMOUTH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR IN PLYMOUTH BISCAY FITZROY SOLE WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 IN SOLE, BUT 5 TO 7 IN SOUTH FITZROY. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN EAST BISCAY AND SOUTH FITZROY. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR LUNDY WEST OR NORTHWEST, BACKING SOUTHWEST FOR A TIME, 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING HIGH IN SOUTHWEST. SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FASTNET WESTERLY VEERING NORTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 IN WEST. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, BECOMING VERY HIGH IN SOUTHWEST, BUT MODERATE OR ROUGH IN NORTHEAST. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR IRISH SEA WESTERLY BECOMING CYCLONIC THEN NORTHERLY, 5 TO 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER IN SOUTH. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SHANNON ROCKALL WEST VEERING NORTHWEST GALE 8 TO STORM 10, OCCASIONALLY VIOLENT STORM 11 IN SHANNON, DECREASING 6 LATER. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, PERHAPS PHENOMENAL IN SHANNON FOR A TIME, BECOMING VERY ROUGH IN ROCKALL LATER. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR MALIN SOUTHWEST BECOMING CYCLONIC THEN NORTHWEST, 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 4 AT TIMES. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. SHOWERS, SQUALLY AT TIMES. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR HEBRIDES BAILEY CYCLONIC 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 AT TIMES. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH LATER IN BAILEY. SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAIR ISLE FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY BECOMING CYCLONIC, 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 4 AT TIMES. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR 000 FPUK71 EGRR 070300 AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 0505 ON SATURDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2009 THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH BISCAY FITZROY SOLE LUNDY FASTNET SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT LOW BAILEY 974 EXPECTED PORTLAND 993 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NEW LOW EXPECTED FAIR ISLE 997 BY SAME TIME THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE NORTHEAST FORTIES SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING VARIABLE 4 IN NORTHEAST FORTIES. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD SOUTHWEST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5, BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. ROUGH AT FIRST IN NORTHWEST FORTIES AND NORTHEAST CROMARTY, OTHERWISE SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. GOOD FISHER GERMAN BIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING VARIABLE 4 IN WEST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE EXCEPT IN NORTH FISHER. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST, VEERING NORTHWEST THEN BECOMING CYCLONIC, 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 AT FIRST, DECREASING 4 AT TIMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR PORTLAND PLYMOUTH WEST OR NORTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 LATER IN PLYMOUTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN PORTLAND, BUT VERY ROUGH OR HIGH IN PLYMOUTH, OCCASIONALLY VERY HIGH IN SOUTHWEST PLYMOUTH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR IN PLYMOUTH BISCAY FITZROY SOLE WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 IN SOLE, BUT 5 TO 7 IN SOUTH FITZROY. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN EAST BISCAY AND SOUTH FITZROY. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR LUNDY WEST OR NORTHWEST, BACKING SOUTHWEST FOR A TIME, 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING HIGH IN SOUTHWEST. SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FASTNET WESTERLY VEERING NORTHWESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 IN WEST. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, BECOMING VERY HIGH IN SOUTHWEST, BUT MODERATE OR ROUGH IN NORTHEAST. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR IRISH SEA WESTERLY BECOMING CYCLONIC THEN NORTHERLY, 5 TO 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER IN SOUTH. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SHANNON ROCKALL WEST VEERING NORTHWEST GALE 8 TO STORM 10, OCCASIONALLY VIOLENT STORM 11 IN SHANNON, DECREASING 6 LATER. HIGH OR VERY HIGH, PERHAPS PHENOMENAL IN SHANNON FOR A TIME, BECOMING VERY ROUGH IN ROCKALL LATER. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR MALIN SOUTHWEST BECOMING CYCLONIC THEN NORTHWEST, 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 4 AT TIMES. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. SHOWERS, SQUALLY AT TIMES. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR HEBRIDES BAILEY CYCLONIC 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 AT TIMES. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH LATER IN BAILEY. SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAIR ISLE FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY BECOMING CYCLONIC, 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 4 AT TIMES. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR