####018002709#### FPUK71 EGRR 050300 AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 0505 UTC ON SUNDAY 05 MAY 2024 FOR THE PERIOD 0600 UTC SUNDAY 05 MAY TO 0600 UTC MONDAY 06 MAY 2024 THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT LOW SOLE 1003 EXPECTED PLYMOUTH 1002 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LOW HEBRIDES 1005 EXPECTED FAIR ISLE BY SAME TIME WITH LITTLE CHANGE. LOW NETHERLANDS 1008 EXPECTED DENMARK 1003 BY THAT TIME THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY BECOMING VARIABLE, 2 TO 4. SLIGHT, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE IN VIKING. SHOWERS OR FOG PATCHES. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER VARIABLE 2 TO 4. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. THUNDERY SHOWERS AND FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR FISHER VARIABLE BECOMING NORTHERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY 2 TO 4, OCCASIONALLY 5 IN EAST. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. FOG PATCHES. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR GERMAN BIGHT VARIABLE 2 TO 4, BECOMING CYCLONIC 5 TO 7 IN SOUTHEAST FOR A TIME. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT, BECOMING MODERATE FOR A TIME IN EAST. RAIN, HEAVY AND THUNDERY AT TIMES, BECOMING MAINLY FAIR LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT VARIABLE 2 TO 4. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. SHOWERS, FOG PATCHES LATER IN HUMBER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR LATER PORTLAND PLYMOUTH SOUTH BECOMING CYCLONIC 3 TO 5, INCREASING 6 IN PLYMOUTH FOR A TIME. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN PLYMOUTH. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR BISCAY CYCLONIC BECOMING WEST 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN OR THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FITZROY SOLE LUNDY FASTNET CYCLONIC BECOMING NORTHERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY, 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 IN NORTH FITZROY AND SOLE UNTIL LATER. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BUT SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN LUNDY. RAIN OR THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR IRISH SEA VARIABLE BECOMING NORTH, 2 TO 4. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT. SHOWERS OR FOG PATCHES. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR SHANNON NORTHERLY 5 OR 6 AT FIRST IN FAR SOUTHEAST, OTHERWISE VARIABLE 2 TO 4 BECOMING NORTHERLY 4 OR 5. MODERATE. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES VARIABLE 2 TO 4 BECOMING NORTH 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HEBRIDES. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS OR FOG PATCHES, BECOMING MAINLY FAIR LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR BAILEY WEST OR NORTHWEST 3 TO 5. MODERATE. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD FAIR ISLE FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND CYCLONIC 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN OR SHOWERS WITH FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR####018001282#### FPUS72 KKEY 050357 NOWKEY Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Key West FL 1157 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 FLZ076-077-GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-072-050500- Monroe Upper Keys-Monroe Middle Keys- Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound- Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge-Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef- Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef-Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out- Including the Communities of Key Largo and Marathon 1157 PM EDT Sat May 4 2024 .NOW... Through 100 am, isolated showers will move west northwest at 10 to 15 knots across the eastern Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, parts of the Middle and Upper Keys, and Florida Bay. Mariners may encounter wind gusts up to 25 knots along with reduced visibilities in moderate downpours. On land, a few spots from Key Largo to Seven Mile Bridge may see a brief shower with rainfall amounts from a trace up to one tenth of an inch. $$ Jacobson