####018003449#### FPUK71 EGRR 020300 AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 0505 UTC ON SATURDAY 02 MARCH 2024 FOR THE PERIOD 0600 UTC SATURDAY 02 MARCH TO 0600 UTC SUNDAY 03 MARCH 2024 THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT WIGHT BISCAY TRAFALGAR FITZROY SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT LOW PLYMOUTH 986 EXPECTED IRISH SEA 992 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NEW LOW EXPECTED HEBRIDES 995 BY SAME TIME THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS VIKING EAST OR SOUTHEAST 4 TO 6, INCREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9 FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH FOR A TIME AT FIRST IN SOUTHWEST. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR NORTH UTSIRE VARIABLE MAINLY EASTERLY 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN SOUTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD SOUTH UTSIRE NORTHEAST FORTIES SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST IN NORTHEAST FORTIES, THEN DECREASING 4 OR 5 FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH FOR A TIME AT FIRST IN NORTHEAST FORTIES. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SOUTHWEST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE WEST DOGGER CYCLONIC OR SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 IN SOUTHWEST FORTIES AND CROMARTY. SLIGHT OR MODERATE AT FIRST IN WEST CROMARTY, FORTH AND TYNE, OTHERWISE MODERATE OR ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR EAST DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 AT FIRST, THEN DECREASING 4 FOR A TIME. SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN EAST FISHER AND SOUTH AND EAST GERMAN BIGHT, BUT ELSEWHERE MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR HUMBER THAMES DOVER SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7, BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING SMOOTH OR SLIGHT LATER IN THAMES AND DOVER. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH SOUTH 6 TO GALE 8 AT FIRST IN WIGHT, OTHERWISE WEST OR NORTHWEST 4 TO 6. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH AT FIRST IN PLYMOUTH, OTHERWISE MODERATE OR ROUGH, BUT BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN WIGHT AND PORTLAND. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR BISCAY FITZROY NORTHWEST 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 AT FIRST AND 4 LATER. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. THUNDERY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR SOLE LUNDY FASTNET NORTH BACKING NORTHWEST, 4 TO 6. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN NORTH LUNDY AND NORTH FASTNET, BUT ELSEWHERE ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR IRISH SEA NORTH OR NORTHEAST 4 TO 6 BECOMING CYCLONIC 3 TO 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, BECOMING SMOOTH OR SLIGHT IN NORTH. SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY NORTH 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST IN MALIN, BECOMING CYCLONIC 5 TO 7 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH AT FIRST. SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAIR ISLE CYCLONIC MAINLY EAST 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY 5 AT FIRST, THEN INCREASING SEVERE GALE 9 FOR A TIME. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND NORTHERLY VEERING EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY, 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 IN FAEROES. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTHEAST ICELAND, BUT ELSEWHERE ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. WINTRY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR