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