####018003279#### FPUK71 EGRR 281500 AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 1725 UTC ON SUNDAY 28 APRIL 2024 FOR THE PERIOD 1800 UTC SUNDAY 28 APRIL TO 1800 UTC MONDAY 29 APRIL 2024 THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER THAMES FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDDAY LOW DOGGER 997 EXPECTED FAIR ISLE 995 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. LOW ROCKALL 1003 EXPECTED IRELAND 996 BY SAME TIME THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS VIKING NORTH UTSIRE CYCLONIC 5 TO 7, BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, THEN BACKING SOUTHERLY 5 OR 6 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY SLIGHT AT FIRST IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH UTSIRE. RAIN, SHOWERS LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SOUTH UTSIRE SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BACKING SOUTHERLY 5 OR 6, OCCASIONALLY 4 LATER IN SOUTHEAST. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN AT FIRST. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR AT FIRST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER CYCLONIC BECOMING SOUTHWEST, THEN SOUTH LATER, 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 AT FIRST IN DOGGER AND FORTIES. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY SLIGHT IN EAST CROMARTY, EAST FORTH AND EAST TYNE. RAIN, SHOWERS LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER CYCLONIC BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, THEN SOUTHERLY 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 3 LATER IN SOUTHEAST GERMAN BIGHT. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN FISHER, BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE EXCEPT IN FISHER. SHOWERS AT FIRST. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE AT FIRST THAMES DOVER WIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8 AT FIRST IN NORTHEAST THAMES, OTHERWISE SOUTHWESTERLY BACKING SOUTHERLY LATER, 3 TO 5. MODERATE OR ROUGH AT FIRST IN NORTHEAST THAMES, OTHERWISE SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING SMOOTH OR SLIGHT LATER EXCEPT IN WEST WIGHT. SHOWERS. GOOD PORTLAND PLYMOUTH BISCAY FITZROY WEST OR NORTHWEST 3 TO 5, BACKING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 LATER IN PLYMOUTH, BUT BECOMING VARIABLE 3 IN SOUTHEAST BISCAY. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH LATER IN PLYMOUTH AND NORTHWEST BISCAY, BUT MODERATE OR ROUGH THROUGHOUT IN FITZROY. SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY IN BISCAY, OCCASIONAL RAIN LATER. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SOLE LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA SHANNON WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 4 TO 6, INCREASING 6 OR 7 FOR A TIME. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY SMOOTH AT FIRST IN IRISH SEA, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH, BUT MODERATE OR ROUGH THROUGHOUT IN SOLE AND SHANNON. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES CYCLONIC 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN SOUTHEAST HEBRIDES, BUT BECOMING SOUTHERLY 5 TO 7 LATER IN SOUTHEAST MALIN. MODERATE IN ROCKALL, ELSEWHERE SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BUT BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH LATER IN HEBRIDES. SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR BAILEY EASTERLY BACKING NORTH LATER, 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 LATER IN NORTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAIR ISLE FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, BECOMING CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY 5 LATER IN FAIR ISLE AND FAEROES. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH IN FAEROES. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR####018001444#### FPUS72 KKEY 281624 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 1224 PM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024 FLZ078-GMZ033>035-044-054-055-073>075-281730- Monroe Lower Keys- Gulf waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms- Gulf of Mexico including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel- Gulf of Mexico from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms- Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge 20 to 60 NM out- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 20 to 60 NM out- Including the Communities of Key West 1224 PM EDT Sun Apr 28 2024 .NOW... Through 130 pm, scattered showers will move northwest at 5 to 10 knots through the Straits of Florida and Hawk Channel south and west of the Lower Keys. This activity is capable of moderate downpours reducing visibilities, and wind gusts of 25 to 30 knots. Island communities near Key West could see up to a tenth of an inch in additional rainfall. $$