####018002993#### FPUK71 EGRR 180300 AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE, ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 0505 UTC ON MONDAY 18 MARCH 2024 FOR THE PERIOD 0600 UTC MONDAY 18 MARCH TO 0600 UTC TUESDAY 19 MARCH 2024 THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES FISHER FITZROY SOLE SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT LOW 350 MILES WEST OF SOLE 990 EXPECTED NORTHWEST HEBRIDES 982 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE NORTHEAST FORTIES SOUTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 EXCEPT IN NORTHEAST FORTIES. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH IN NORTHEAST FORTIES. RAIN OR SLEET. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SOUTHWEST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER SOUTHWESTERLY 3 OR 4 BACKING SOUTHERLY 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 LATER, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER IN CROMARTY. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN SOUTHWEST FORTIES, EAST CROMARTY AND NORTH FORTH, ELSEWHERE SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS, RAIN LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD FISHER GERMAN BIGHT SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 AT FIRST IN FISHER, VEERING SOUTH 4 TO 6. SLIGHT OR MODERATE IN SOUTH GERMAN BIGHT, BUT ELSEWHERE MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN, FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH NORTH BISCAY SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN PLYMOUTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH IN PLYMOUTH AND NORTH BISCAY, BUT ELSEWHERE SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR AT FIRST SOUTH BISCAY VARIABLE 2 TO 4, BECOMING EASTERLY 5 FOR A TIME. MODERATE. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SOUTHEAST FITZROY VARIABLE 2 TO 4, OCCASIONALLY NORTHERLY 5 IN SOUTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS, FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR NORTHWEST FITZROY SOLE WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 4 TO 6, INCREASING 7 OR GALE 8 FOR A TIME IN WEST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. MAINLY FAIR THEN RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5, BACKING SOUTH 5 TO 7 FOR A TIME, PERHAPS GALE 8 FOR A TIME LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE AT FIRST IN IRISH SEA, OTHERWISE MODERATE OR ROUGH, BUT BECOMING VERY ROUGH FOR A TIME IN FASTNET. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SHANNON SOUTH 6 TO GALE 8, VEERING WEST 3 TO 5 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST, VEERING NORTHWEST LATER, 5 TO 7, INCREASING GALE 8 AT TIMES, PERHAPS SEVERE GALE 9 LATER IN HEBRIDES. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAIR ISLE FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY, BECOMING CYCLONIC LATER, 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 LATER, PERHAPS SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS, FOG PATCHES IN FAIR ISLE. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN FAIR ISLE AND POOR ELSEWHERE