AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 0505 UTC ON TUESDAY 16 JUNE 2026 FOR THE PERIOD 0600 UTC TUESDAY 16 JUNE TO 0600 UTC WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2026

THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN BAILEY AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND

THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT

MID-ATLANTIC LOW 992, SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS WITH LITTLE CHANGE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

VIKING

NORTHWEST 4 TO 6, BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4, THEN SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN LATER. GOOD

NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE

NORTHWESTERLY 4 TO 6, BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. FAIR. GOOD

FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER

VARIABLE 2 TO 4, BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN FORTIES AND CROMARTY, VEERING SOUTHWESTERLY LATER EXCEPT IN NORTHEAST FORTIES. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR LATER

FISHER

NORTHWEST 4 TO 6, BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 LATER. MODERATE, BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE. FAIR. GOOD

GERMAN BIGHT

NORTHWEST BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4, THEN SOUTH 3 TO 5 LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. FAIR. GOOD

HUMBER THAMES

CYCLONIC BECOMING SOUTHWEST LATER 3 TO 5. SLIGHT, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE. SHOWERS, RAIN LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD

DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH

WEST OR SOUTHWEST, 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 2 AT FIRST. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT IN DOVER AND WIGHT, BUT SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN PORTLAND AND PLYMOUTH. RAIN OR SHOWERS, FOG PATCHES IN PORTLAND AND PLYMOUTH, AND ELSEWHERE LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR

BISCAY

VARIABLE 2 TO 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD

SOUTHEAST FITZROY

VARIABLE 2 TO 4, BUT OCCASIONALLY NORTHERLY 5 IN FAR SOUTHEAST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. FAIR. GOOD

NORTHWEST FITZROY SOLE LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA

CYCLONIC AT FIRST IN IRISH SEA, OTHERWISE WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY, 3 TO 5. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT AT FIRST IN IRISH SEA, OTHERWISE SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN OR DRIZZLE AT TIMES, FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR

SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES SOUTH BAILEY

CYCLONIC BECOMING SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY, 3 TO 5, INCREASING 6 AT TIMES EXCEPT IN MALIN. SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN MALIN AND HEBRIDES, OTHERWISE MODERATE OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. OCCASIONALLY RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

NORTH BAILEY

EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 FOR A TIME, DECREASING 3 TO 5 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

FAIR ISLE FAEROES

EAST OR SOUTHEAST BECOMING CYCLONIC LATER, 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 3 AT FIRST IN FAIR ISLE AND 7 IN FAEROES. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BUT BECOMING MODERATE OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN FAEROES. RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR

SOUTHEAST ICELAND