FQNT21 EGRR 070800 SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 0800 UTC ON SATURDAY 07 DECEMBER 2019 BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 0800 UTC ON SATURDAY 07 DECEMBER UNTIL 0800 UTC ON SUNDAY 08 DECEMBER 2019 STORM WARNING AT 070000UTC, LOW 58 NORTH 42 WEST 972 EXPECTED 58 NORTH 26 WEST 972 BY 080000UTC. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH STORM FORCE 10 AT TIMES IN THE SOUTHERN QUADRANT BETWEEN 75 AND 300 MILES OF THE LOW FROM 071400UTC. NEW LOWS EXPECTED 59 NORTH 30 WEST 968, 61 NORTH 20 WEST 961 AND 61 NORTH 10 WEST 965 BY SAME TIME. EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH STORM FORCE 10 AT TIMES IN EAST NORTHERN SECTION AND WEST NORTHERN SECTION EAST OF 32 WEST AND NORTH OF 60 NORTH FROM 071200UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 070000UTC, LOW 58 NORTH 42 WEST 972 EXPECTED 58 NORTH 26 WEST 972 BY 080000UTC. NEW LOWS EXPECTED 59 NORTH 30 WEST 968, 61 NORTH 20 WEST 961 AND 61 NORTH 10 WEST 965 BY SAME TIME. LOW 59 NORTH 10 WEST 985 LOSING ITS IDENTITY BY THAT TIME. AT 070000UTC, LOW 69 NORTH 11 WEST 969 EXPECTED 63 NORTH 30 WEST 975 BY 080000UTC AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS SOLE WEST OR SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8. ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LATER. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD SHANNON ROCKALL SOUTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8, VEERING WEST 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LATER. RAIN, SQUALLY SHOWERS LATER. GOOD BECOMING MODERATE OR POOR BAILEY SOUTHEASTERLY 5 INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8, BECOMING CYCLONIC 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, PERHAPS STORM 10 LATER. ROUGH BECOMING VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH LATER IN NORTH. RAIN THEN SHOWERS. GOOD, BECOMING MODERATE OR POOR FAEROES NORTHWEST 4 OR 5, BACKING SOUTHEAST 6 TO GALE 8, THEN BECOMING CYCLONIC 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. ROUGH BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN AT TIMES. GOOD, BECOMING MODERATE OR POOR SOUTHEAST ICELAND EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 5 OR 6, INCREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, PERHAPS STORM 10 LATER. ROUGH BECOMING VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH LATER. RAIN. MODERATE OR POOR EAST NORTHERN SECTION IN NORTH, SOUTHEASTERLY BACKING EASTERLY, 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, BECOMING CYCLONIC GALE 8 TO STORM 10, THEN BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING HIGH LATER. RAIN AT TIMES, TURNING TO SNOW NEAR ICELAND, WINTRY SHOWERS LATER IN NORTH. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR NEAR ICELAND. IN SOUTH, SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, VEERING WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY, THEN VEERING NORTHWESTERLY LATER, 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, INCREASING STORM 10 AT TIMES. VERY ROUGH BECOMING HIGH, THEN BECOMING VERY HIGH LATER IN SOUTH. RAIN THEN SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR WEST NORTHERN SECTION IN NORTH, CYCLONIC AT FIRST IN SOUTH, OTHERWISE EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY, 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, INCREASING STORM 10 FOR A TIME IN EAST, THEN DECREASING 5 OR 6 LATER IN WEST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. RAIN AT TIMES, BUT SLEET OR SNOW IN NORTH. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN FAR NORTHWEST. OCCASIONAL LIGHT ICING IN FAR NORTHWEST. IN SOUTH, CYCLONIC BECOMING WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY LATER, 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, INCREASING STORM 10 AT TIMES IN SOUTH AND EAST, THEN DECREASING 5 OR 6 LATER IN WEST. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY HIGH LATER IN FAR SOUTHEAST. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR EAST CENTRAL SECTION SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, BUT 4 OR 5 AT FIRST IN SOUTHEAST, VEERING WESTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 LATER IN NORTH. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, THEN BECOMING VERY HIGH LATER IN NORTH. RAIN THEN SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD WEST CENTRAL SECTION SOUTHWESTERLY VEERING WESTERLY FOR A TIME, 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, INCREASING STORM 10 FOR A TIME LATER IN NORTHEAST, DECREASING 6 AT TIMES LATER IN WEST. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY HIGH LATER IN FAR NORTHEAST. SHOWERS, SQUALLY AT FIRST IN NORTH. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR DENMARK STRAIT NORTHEASTERLY 5 OR 6 INCREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LATER. OCCASIONAL SNOW. GOOD, BECOMING MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING WITH TEMPERATURES MS03 TO MS06 NORTH ICELAND IN NORTH, NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 4 OR 5 LATER IN WEST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. SNOW AT TIMES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE ICING NEAR ICE EDGE, WITH TEMPERATURES MS03 TO MS07. IN SOUTH, NORTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7, VEERING NORTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 4 FOR A TIME IN SOUTH, THEN INCREASING SEVERE GALE 9 AT TIMES LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH LATER IN WEST. WINTRY SHOWERS, RAIN LATER IN FAR SOUTH. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. OCCASIONAL LIGHT ICING IN NORTHWEST WITH TEMPERATURES MS02 TO MS04 NORWEGIAN BASIN NORTHWESTERLY BACKING WESTERLY, 5 TO 7, THEN BACKING EASTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9 LATER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. WINTRY SHOWERS, RAIN LATER IN SOUTH. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: VIOLENT STORMS EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL SECTION. STORMS EXPECTED IN SHANNON, ROCKALL, FAEROES, SOUTHEAST ICELAND AND EAST NORTHERN SECTION. SEVERE GALES EXPECTED IN ALL OTHER AREAS EXCEPT DENMARK STRAIT WHERE GALES ARE EXPECTED UNSCHEDULED STORM WARNINGS ARE BROADCAST VIA SAFETYNET AND IN BULLETIN WONT54 EGRR AVAILABLE VIA SOME INTERNET AND FTPMAIL OUTLETS