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Marine weathern bulletin

Shipping forecast

Like a puzzle: The forecast is split up into 31 areas which stretch all the way from Iceland and Norway to the coasts of Portugal and Spain.

Shipping forecast on Friday 16th december 2011 (Storm Joachim)

During this storm, in Brittany on the north-western coast of France, the cargo ship TK Bremen ran aground 100 meters from the Erdeven beach, plage de Kerminhy, between Lorient and the Quiberon peninsula. The nineteen-man crew was evacuated by helicopter.

Source BBC Radio 4

Sea state (wave height 9 levels) Beaufort Scales (Wind Speed 12 levels)

Code number	Wave height	Speed (knots)	Speed (km/h)	Beaufort Scale	Effects observed on the sea
0	0	< 1	< 1	Calm	Sea is like a mirror
1	0 - 0,1	1 à 3	1 à 5	Light air	Ripples with appearance of scales; no foam crests
2	0,1 - 0,5	4 à 6	6 à 11	Light breeze	Small wavelets; crests of glassy appearance, not breaking
3	0,5 - 1,25	7 à 10	12 à 19	Gentle breeze	Large wavelets; crests begin to break; scattered whitecaps
4	1,25 - 2,5	11 à 16	20 à 28	Moderate breeze	Small waves, becoming longer; numerous whitecaps
5	2,5 - 4	17 à 21	29 à 38	Fresh breeze	Moderate waves, taking longer form; many whitecaps; some spray
6	4 - 6	22 à 27	39 à 49	Strong breeze	Larger waves forming; whitecaps everywhere; more spray
7	6 - 9	28 à 33	50 à 61	Near gale	Sea heaps up; white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks
8	9 - 14	34 à 40	50 à 61	Gale	Moderately high waves of greater length; edges of crests begin to break into spindrift; foam is blown in well-marked streaks
9	14 et plus	41 à 47	75 à 88	Strong gale	High waves; sea begins to roll; dense streaks of foam; spray may begin to reduce visibility
10		48 à 55	89 à 102	Storm	Very high waves with overhanging crests; sea takes white appearance as foamis blown in very dense streaks; rolling is heavy and visibility isreduced
11		56 à 63	103 à 117	Violent storm	Exceptionally high waves; sea covered with white foam patches; visibility further reduced
12		> 64	> 118	Hurricane	Air filled with foam; sea completely white with driving spray; visibility greatly reduced

Force	Characteristics	Height (meters)
0	Calm (glassy)	0
1	Calm (rippled)	0 - 0,1
2	Smooth (wavelets)	0,1 - 0,5
3	Slight	0,5 - 1,25
4	Moderate	1,25 - 2,5
5	Rough	2,5 - 4
6	Very rough	4 - 6
7	High	6 - 9
8	Very high	9 - 14
9	Phenomenal	14 et plus


Weather forecast
Warnings of gales
Forecast
General synopsis
Rain
Shower
Increasing
Decreasing
Occasionally
Weather forecast
Gale warning
Gale (34-40 knots)
Severe gale (41-47 knots)
Storm (48-55 knots)
Violent storm (56-63 knots)
Hurricane force (+64knots)
Visibility
Fog
Poor
Moderate
Good
Sea state
Smooth
Slight
Moderate
Rough
Time scales
Imminent
Soon
Later
Wind
Wind direction
Becoming cyclonic
Veering
Backing
Pressure tendency
Falling
Rising
Rising quickly
Now rising
Movement of pressure systems
Slowly
Steadily
Rather quickly
Rapidly
Very rapidly

Listen to the shipping forecast and find the missing words.

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The shipping forecast issued by the on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at 0505 on Friday, 16th December 2011.

There are warnings of in Thames, Dover, Wights, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay, FitzRoy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall, Faeroes, and SE Iceland.

The general synopsis at midnight: Low Portland expected northeast Germany 962 by midnight tonight.

Low Malin moving east losing its identity by same time.

The area forecast for the next 24 hours:
Listen to these components which are always given in the following order:
(1) Location: Viking, Forth, Tyne, etc.
(2) Wind: 5 to 7 gale, etc.
(3) Weather: Wintry showers, etc.
(4) Visibility: Good, occasionally poor
(1) Viking, N. Utsire, S. Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger; (2) Northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5 backing northwesterly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later in Forties and Dogger; (3) Wintry ; (4) Good, occasionally poor.

Fisher; Variable 4, becoming northerly 5 to 7 perhaps gale 8 later; Wintry showers;

German Bight, Humber; Northeast backing north 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later; ; Good, occasionally poor.

Thames; Northeast backing northwest 6 to gale 8; Rain then showers; Good occasionally poor.

Dover; becoming northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first; Rain, then showers; Good, occasionally poor.

Wight, Portland, Plymouth; Northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 in Plymouth; Rain then squally showers; Good, occasionally poor.

Biscay; Southwesterly severe gale 9 to 11 in South at first, otherwise northwesterly gale 8 to storm 10, rain then squally showers; Good, occasionally poor.

FitzRoy; Southwesterly in south at first, otherwise, northwesterly 7 to severe gale 9; ; Good, occasionally poor.

Sole: Northwest 7 to severe gale 9, increasing storm 10 for a time; Squally showers; Good, occasionally poor.

Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea; Northwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times, occasionally severe gale 9 in Fastnet; Squally showers; Good, occasionally poor.

; North or northwest 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 in Shannon; Squally wintry showers; Good, occasionally poor.

Malin; Cyclonic becoming northwesterly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later; Wintry showers; Good, occasionally poor.

Hebrides, Bailey; ; Squally wintry showers; Good, occasionally poor.

Faeroes; Northwesterly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later; Wintry showers; Good, occasionally poor.

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