AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 1725 UTC ON TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2026 FOR THE PERIOD 1800 UTC TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER TO 1800 UTC WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2026

THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT SOLE IRISH SEA SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND

THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDDAY

ATLANTIC LOW 980 MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST, EXPECTED 150 MILES WEST OF BAILEY 933 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW

THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

VIKING NORTH UTSIRE

WESTERLY 5 TO 7, BACKING SOUTHERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH IN VIKING, ROUGH BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH LATER IN NORTH UTSIRE. THUNDERY SHOWERS, RAIN LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

SOUTH UTSIRE

NORTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7, INCREASING GALE 8 FOR A TIME, BACKING SOUTHWESTERLY LATER. ROUGH OCCASIONALLY MODERATE. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH

WEST BACKING SOUTH, 6 TO GALE 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SQUALLY SHOWERS, RAIN LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

TYNE DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER

WEST 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 EXCEPT IN TYNE AND HUMBER, BACKING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BUT SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN TYNE AND BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE LATER IN HUMBER. SHOWERS, THUNDERY IN FISHER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH

WEST BACKING SOUTHWEST, 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 AT FIRST IN THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN PLYMOUTH, OTHERWISE SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING SLIGHT IN DOVER. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD

BISCAY SOUTHEAST FITZROY

CYCLONIC 3 TO 5. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN NORTHWEST. SHOWERS, FOG PATCHES LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR LATER

NORTHWEST FITZROY SOLE LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA

WESTERLY 4 TO 6, BACKING SOUTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 LATER IN SOLE AND IRISH SEA. ROUGH OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH LATER IN NORTHWEST FITZROY, SOLE AND FASTNET, OTHERWISE MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS. GOOD

SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES

SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 IN HEBRIDES, INCREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 LATER IN ROCKALL AND HEBRIDES. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, THEN HIGH OR VERY HIGH LATER IN NORTHWEST ROCKALL AND NORTHWEST HEBRIDES. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

BAILEY

SOUTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING CYCLONIC 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, THEN SOUTHWEST SEVERE GALE 9 TO VIOLENT STORM 11 LATER, PERHAPS HURRICANE FORCE 12 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING HIGH OR VERY HIGH LATER, THEN PHENOMENAL LATER IN FAR NORTH. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR

FAIR ISLE FAEROES

WEST 6 TO GALE 8, BACKING SOUTH GALE 8 TO STORM 10 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LATER IN WEST FAIR ISLE AND BECOMING HIGH OR VERY HIGH LATER IN FAEROES. SQUALLY SHOWERS THEN RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

SOUTHEAST ICELAND