The shipping forecast. Featuring The warm wet westerly winds.

Bailey Dogger Wight German bight Southwest severe gale 9 Rain, then squally showers Poor Pinstriped puffins shut the door Lundy Bailey Irish sea Cromarty Variable 2 to 4, becoming westerly 5 to7 later Wintry showers Poor Gingham sharks patrol the shore Faeroes Fair Isle Forth and Tyne Northwesterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4, then cyclonic, mainly southwesterly 5 to 7 later Rain and wintry showers Poor Denim cormorants know the score Forties Fisher Fastnet Sole Westerly 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8 Rain Poor Hark the tartan sea eagles roar North Utsire South Utsire Viking Thames West or South west 5 increasing to gale 8 at times Occasional rain in Thames Poor Shhh the satin herring snore Humber Hebrides Southeast Iceland Northerly 7 to Violent storm 11 Rain Good, becoming very poor Beware, the woolen seahorses of Thor Fastnet Fitzroy Biscay Rockall Southwest 3 or 5 Occasional rain Moderate or poor From afar the tweed godwits soar Dover Humber Trafalgar Malin Northwesterly Variable 2-4, becoming cyclonic 6 to gale 8 perhaps storm 10 later in Dover Wintry showers Poor Pas op! The Flemish fleece megalosaur Portland Plymouth Shannon Biscay Southwest 1, occasionally 2 Good Towelling redshanks in the hood