| The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office | |
| At 0130 on Friday the 20th of November | |
| There are warnings of gales in all areas except Trafalgar | |
| The general synopsis at 0800 | |
| Low east of humber 942 expected Fair Isle 954 by 0600 tomorrow. | |
| New low expected 100 miles west of Shannon 974 by same time | |
| Now the area forecasts for the next 168 hours | |
| Viking North Utsire South Utsire | |
| Southeasterly 3. Rain at times. Visability good. Calm | |
| Forties Cromarty Forth Tyne Dogger | |
| East or southeast 6 to gale 8. Hesitation. Rain or showers. Hope. Moderate or good | |
| Fisher German Bight | |
| Southeasterly veering southwesterly 4. Rain later. | |
| Rising temperature. Pressure building. | |
| Wild speculation. Good | |
| Humber Thames | |
| Southeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8, | |
| Caution veering southwesterly later. | |
| Goosebumps. Dizzy spells. Still good | |
| Dover Wight | |
| Southeasterly veering southwesterly 7 or severe gale 9. | |
| Head-on impact. Continents collide. Atoms split. | |
| Dilated pupils. Elation. Vertigo. Visibility zero. | |
| Portland Plymouth Biscay | |
| Southeasterly becoming cyclonic 6 to gale 8. Snow falling. Defences breached. Icelandic calm. Rapture. | |
| Good becoming moderate | |
| Finisterre | |
| South veering southwest 7 to severe emotional freefall 9, stomach cramps increasing 5 or 6. | |
| Rain then thundery showers. Bruising. Discord. Structural damage. Moderate becoming poor. | |
| Sole Lundy Fastnet | |
| Southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9 decreasing 5 or 6. | |
| Confusion reigns. Nausea. Boiling seas. | |
| Showers becoming thundery. Extreme low | |
| Extreme low | |
| Irish Sea | |
| Southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9 decreasing 5 or 6. | |
| Squally showers. Blank patches. Confusion reigns. | |
| Moderate becoming poor | |
| South Shannon | |
| Southwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9. | |
| Nerves shattered. Self reproach. Rain or showers. No change. | |
| North Shannon South Rockall | |
| Southeasterly veering wildly 7 or gale 8, | |
| Decreasing perception. Rain then showers. Drunken haze. | |
| Cold comfort. Moderate becoming good | |
| North Rockall | |
| Mainly westerly 6 to gale 8. Rain or thundery showers. Exhaustion. Boredom. Decay. | |
| Moderate or poor | |
| Malin Hebrides | |
| Cyclonic becoming reality, occasionally gale 8, | |
| Backing southerly later. Broken and disorientated. | |
| Rain or showers. Moderatation lacking | |
| Bailey | |
| Southerly veering westerly 6 or 7, decreasing 4 or 5. Numb. Defeated. Freezing fog. Stranded. | |
| Dull aches. Poorly | |
| Fair Isle Faeroes | |
| Southeasterly becoming cyclonic, then westerly 5 to 7, | |
| Toil, occasional stupidity. | |
| Sullen. Rain. Moderate or good | |
| Southeast Iceland | |
| Southeasterly 5 to 7, twisted occasionally gale 8, | |
| Veering westerly in south. Corroded and empty. Ice forming. | |
| Heligoland | |
| Planet-struck and spellbound. | |
| The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. |