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Most Recent Warnings from the Met Office - please contact your local Coastguard for more information and read disclaimer text at bottom of this page.

Gale Warnings for Shipping Forecast sea areas

Cullercoats Gale Warnings:

VIKING SOUTHEASTERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED LATER

FORTIES FORTH GALE NOW CEASED BUT SOUTHERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED LATER

TYNE DOGGER GALE NOW CEASED BUT SOUTHWESTERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED LATER

THAMES SOUTHWESTERLY NOW DECREASED GALE FORCE 8, INCREASING SEVERE GALE FORCE 9 LATER

FAIR ISLE GALE NOW CEASED BUT SOUTHEASTERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED LATER

Portpatrick Gale Warnings:

MALIN SOUTHERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED SOON, VEERING SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASING STORM FORCE 10 LATER

BAILEY EASTERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED SOON, INCREASING SEVERE GALE FORCE 9 LATER

FAIR ISLE GALE NOW CEASED BUT SOUTHEASTERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED LATER

FAEROES GALE NOW CEASED BUT EASTERLY GALE FORCE 8 EXPECTED LATER

SOUTHEAST ICELAND NORTHEASTERLY GALE FORCE 8, INCREASING SEVERE GALE FORCE 9 LATER

Niton Gale Warnings:

THAMES DOVER SOUTHWESTERLY NOW DECREASED GALE FORCE 8, INCREASING SEVERE GALE FORCE 9 LATER

WIGHT PORTLAND BISCAY SOUTHWESTERLY GALE FORCE 8, INCREASING SEVERE GALE FORCE 9 LATER

Strong Wind Warnings for Inshore Waters sea areas

Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney :

From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West backing southeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later, veering south later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Rattray Head to Berwick-upon-Tweed :

Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West, backing southeast later, 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Berwick-upon-Tweed to Whitby :

Berwick on Tweed to Whitby - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast South backing southwest for a time, 4 or 5, increasing 7 or gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Whitby to The Wash :

Whitby to Gibraltar Point - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West 5 to 7, backing south or southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

The Wash to North Foreland :

Isle of Man - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West backing south or southwest 6, decreasing 4 or 5 for a time, increasing 7 to severe gale 9 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

North Foreland to Selsey Bill :

North Foreland to Selsey Bill - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast Westerly 6 or 7, backing southwesterly gale 8 or severe gale 9.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis :

Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast Southwest 6 or 7, increasing gale 8 or severe gale 9, perhaps storm 10 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly :

Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 later, perhaps storm 10 for a time later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Lands End to St David's Head including the Bristol Channel :

Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast Westerly 4 or 5, backing southwesterly 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 for a time, perhaps storm 10 for a time later in west.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

St David's Head to Colwyn Bay including St George's Channel :

St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West 4 or 5, backing southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 for a time, perhaps storm 10 for a time later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Colwyn Bay to Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man :

Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West 5 or 6, decreasing 4, backing southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 for a time, perhaps storm 10 for a time later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Lough Foyle to Carlingford Loch :

Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West 5 or 6, backing south 5 to 7, veering southwest 7 to severe gale 9 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including Firth of Clyde :

The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West 5 or 6, backing south 6 to gale 8, veering southwest 7 to severe gale 9 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point :

Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West 4 or 5, backing southeast 6 to gale 8, veering southwest 7 to severe gale 9 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides :

Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast South 4 backing east or southeast 6 to gale 8, veering south or southwest gale 8 or severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

Shetland Isles :

Shetland Isles - Strong Wind Warning in Force 24 Hour Forecast West or northwest 3 or 4, backing southeast 6 to gale 8, veering south later.

This warning will be updated at the next issue of the inshore waters forecast. All times refer to local time.

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We currently publish ad hoc Warnings and their associated cancellation messages as soon as we receive them on our site. Previous gale or other warnings for other areas may still be in force. Old cancellations will only be over-copied when a new file arrives and a blank space will be left if we have received nothing. Please always refer to the latest Shipping and Inshore Waters forecast, or other sources, including Coast Radio, NAVTEX and Coastguards, for more complete information.

In the Shipping Forecast, Gale Warnings (Force 8 and above) are issued whenever mean wind speeds are expected to reach or exceed 34 knots (Force 8), or gusts (other than in isolated thunderstorms) are expected to reach or exceed 43 knots.

Strong Wind Warnings (Force 6 and above) are issued when required for the Inshore Waters of the UK.

In the forecasts for the High Seas of the North Atlantic, Storm Warnings are issued when the mean wind speed is expected to reach or exceed 48 knots (Force 10 or above). These are not currently published on our site.

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