####018003149#### FPUK71 EGRR 230300 AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 0505 UTC ON TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2024 FOR THE PERIOD 0600 UTC TUESDAY 23 APRIL TO 0600 UTC WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2024 THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES AND FISHER THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT HIGH JUST WEST OF BAILEY 1034 SLOW-MOVING, DECLINING 1029 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NEW LOW EXPECTED EASTERN GERMAN BIGHT 1005 BY SAME TIME THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE EAST FORTIES NORTHERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 EXCEPT IN WEST VIKING AND EASTERN SOUTH UTSIRE. SLIGHT AT FIRST IN EASTERN SOUTH UTSIRE, OTHERWISE MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH. RAIN AT FIRST IN SOUTH UTSIRE AND SOUTHEAST FORTIES, OTHERWISE SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR AT FIRST IN SOUTH UTSIRE AND SOUTHEAST FORTIES WEST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE NORTHERLY 4 TO 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN WEST CROMARTY AND WEST FORTH, BUT ELSEWHERE MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS IN WEST FORTIES AND TYNE. GOOD DOGGER CYCLONIC 4 TO 6 BECOMING NORTHERLY 5 OR 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 IN EAST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING ROUGH. RAIN THEN SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR AT FIRST FISHER GERMAN BIGHT WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 4 TO 6 BECOMING CYCLONIC MAINLY NORTHERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 IN WEST FISHER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH, THEN OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH IN WEST. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR HUMBER THAMES DOVER VARIABLE 2 TO 4 AT FIRST EXCEPT IN NORTHWEST HUMBER, OTHERWISE NORTHWESTERLY 5 OR 6. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH IN HUMBER AND THAMES BUT SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN DOVER. RAIN FOR A TIME, THEN SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH NORTH OR NORTHEAST, BACKING NORTHWEST FOR A TIME, 3 TO 5. MAINLY SMOOTH OR SLIGHT, BUT SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN PLYMOUTH, AND LATER ALSO IN EAST WIGHT. OCCASIONAL RAIN, BECOMING FAIR LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE BISCAY CYCLONIC 4 TO 6 BECOMING NORTH OR NORTHWEST 3 TO 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR AT FIRST SOUTH FITZROY EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 AT FIRST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY SLIGHT IN EAST. SHOWERS IN EAST. GOOD NORTH FITZROY SOLE LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY BACKING NORTHERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY, 3 TO 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING SMOOTH OR SLIGHT IN IRISH SEA. SHOWERS. GOOD SHANNON ROCKALL VARIABLE MAINLY NORTH 2 TO 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD MALIN HEBRIDES NORTHERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN SOUTHEAST MALIN AND 3 ELSEWHERE. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD BAILEY NORTH OR NORTHWEST 2 OR 3. MODERATE BECOMING SLIGHT. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD FAIR ISLE NORTHERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN EAST AND 3 IN WEST. MODERATE. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD FAEROES NORTH OR NORTHWEST 3 TO 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. FAIR. GOOD SOUTHEAST ICELAND VARIABLE 2 TO 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. FAIR. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR LATER IN NORTH####018000847#### FPUS72 KKEY 230358 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 1158 PM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024 FLZ076-GMZ031-042-052-072-230500- Monroe Upper Keys- Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound-Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef- Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out- Including the Communities of Key Largo 1158 PM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024 .NOW... Through 100 am, isolated showers will move to the south southeast at 10 to 15 knots across portions of Florida Bay through Floyd's Wall Northeast. Mariners encountering this activity can expect brief reductions in visibility within moderate to heavy showers and wind gusts of 20 to 25 knots. $$