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Weather Forecast Date : Time :

General Synopsis at………U.T.C.

Information about System Present Position Movement Forecast Position At

barometric pressure, s

position and movement

Forecast for Sea Areas

Area Gales Wind Weather Visibility

of a depression or Viking
Now Later

anti-cyclone. North Utsire

South Utsire
Forties
Forth
Tyne
Dogger
Fisher
Information about wind, s
German Bight
Humber

weather conditions and

Thames
Dover
Wight
visibility in sea-areas. Portland
Plymonth
Biscay
Finisterre
Sole
Lundy
Fastnet
Irish Sea
Shannon
Rockall
Malin
Hebrides
Bailey
Fair Isle
Faeroes
S.E. Iceland

Reports from Coastal Stations at ………... U.T.C.

Wind
Information about s
Station
Direction Force
Weather Visibility Barometer Tendency

wind, weather condition, Tiree

B.Lewis Lighthouse

visibility, barometric
Dowsing
St. Abb's Head
Smith's Knoll
pressure and tendency. Dover
Royal Sovereign
Jersey
Channel Lightvessel
Land's End
Valentia
 L = Depression (Low Pressure Area)
H = Anti-cyclone (High Pressure Area)

SYSTEM PRESENT POSITION MOVEMENT FORECAST POSN. AT

L 988 50N 10 E NE S SCOT 2400

H 1055 56 N 19 W E N UTSIRE 2400

b = blue sky g = gale
c = cloudy
G = heavy gale
bc = partly cloudy sky
o = overcast sky q = squall

m = mist Q = heavy squall

f = fog h = hail
F = heavy fog d = drizzle
r = rain tlr = thunderstorm
R = heavy rain CALM
s = snow VAR. = variable
rs = sleet
Change of wind-force.

“Wind increasing”.

“Wind decreasing”.
Change of direction of the wind.

“Wind veering”.

“Wind backing”.
 . visibility: p = poor
S

g = good
m = moderate
vg = very good

S
. barometer-reading: steady
rising
rising rapidly
falling
falling rapidly
A tick indicates
gale waring.
A slash indicates
change (e.g. m/f).
s
 WIND
AREA GALES WEATHER VISIBILITY
NOW LATER

VIKING NW6 NW5/6 r m/g

N. UTSIRE V NW6/8 NW3/5 d/r m/g
S. UTSIRE NW3/5 SE6 R p

FORTIES V NW6/8 W8 r/s p

FISHER V NW7 W8 rs p
GERMAN BIGHT. V NW 8 W8 tlr m
HUMBER W6 SW 4 m/f p
THAMES
SW5 SW4 f p

PORTLAND VAR W4 o g

BISCAY W5 SW5 pr g

FINISTERRE SW4 SW4/5 bc g

IRISH SEA CALM NW4/5 b g

S
 REPORTS FROM COASTAL STATIONS AT: 0600 HRS UTC

WIND WEATHER VISIBILITY BAROMETER TENDENCY

STATION
DIRECTION FORCE

WICK W 2 m/f 16 1015 …….

st ABB’S HEAD SW 5 c 8 1016 ..…

DOWSING SW 4 bc 18 1021 …...

GALLOPER W 4 R 12 1015 …...

PORTLAND BILL W 5 r/s 11 1010 …….

SCILLY NW 6 R 10 998 ……

VALENTIA NW 8 gale 10 989 ……

RONALDSWAY NW 9 G 8 954 …….

PRESTWICK N 8 g 9 964 …….

TIREE NE 6 tlr 11 984 …...
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