FQNT21 EGRR 172000 SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 2000 UTC ON FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2025 BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 2000 UTC ON FRIDAY 17 JANUARY UNTIL 2000 UTC ON SATURDAY 18 JANUARY 2025 STORM WARNING NEW LOW MOVING RATHER QUICKLY NORTHEAST EXPECTED 65 NORTH 11 WEST 993 BY 181200UTC. EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH STORM FORCE 10 IN SOUTHEAST ICELAND WEST OF 16 WEST AND IN EAST NORTHERN SECTION IN AREA ENCLOSED NORTH OF 63 NORTH AND EAST OF 19 WEST FROM 180100UTC AND UNTIL 180600UTC. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH STORM FORCE 10 IN AREA ENCLOSED BETWEEN 32 AND 36 WEST AND NORTH OF 64 NORTH IN WEST NORTHERN SECTION AND DENMARK STRAIT FROM 180100UTC AND UNTIL 180800UTC, AND ALSO AT TIMES ELSEWHERE IN DENMARK STRAIT SOUTH OF 67 NORTH FROM 180400UTC GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 171200UTC, LOW 54 NORTH 35 WEST 974 EXPECTED 55 NORTH 30 WEST 988 BY 181200UTC. NEW LOW MOVING RATHER QUICKLY NORTHEAST EXPECTED 65 NORTH 11 WEST 993 BY SAME TIME. LOW 65 NORTH 29 WEST 1001 LOSING ITS IDENTITY AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WEST SOLE SOUTHERLY 5 TO 7. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD EAST SOLE SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6. MODERATE OR ROUGH. FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD SHANNON ROCKALL SOUTHERLY 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 5 LATER IN WEST. VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN SHANNON. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR BAILEY CYCLONIC BECOMING SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST, 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 4 OR 5 LATER. VERY ROUGH OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR FAEROES SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, VEERING SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY 5 LATER. VERY ROUGH OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. RAIN. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR SOUTHEAST ICELAND CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8, THEN SEVERE GALE 9 TO STORM 10 FOR A TIME NEAR ICELAND COAST, DECREASING 4 TO 6 LATER IN SOUTHEAST. VERY ROUGH OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. RAIN, SNOW AT TIMES IN NORTH. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN NORTH EAST NORTHERN SECTION IN NORTH, CYCLONIC, 3 TO 5 IN FAR NORTHEAST OTHERWISE 6 TO GALE 8, INCREASING SEVERE GALE 9 OR STORM 10 FOR A TIME AT FIRST IN FAR NORTHEAST NEAR ICELAND COAST, DECREASING 4 TO 6 IN SOUTH AND BECOMING EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY IN NORTH, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 LATER IN NORTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH LATER IN FAR NORTHEAST. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SHOWERS, SQUALLY AT TIMES. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. IN SOUTH, SOUTHERLY 7 OR GALE 8 AT FIRST IN EAST, OTHERWISE CYCLONIC, MAINLY SOUTHERLY, 4 TO 6. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY AT TIMES. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR WEST NORTHERN SECTION IN FAR SOUTHEAST, CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8 LATER. VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH AT FIRST. RAIN OR SHOWERS, SQUALLY AT TIMES LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. IN REST OF AREA, NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, INCREASING GALE 8 OR SEVERE GALE 9 IN FAR NORTH AND NORTHWEST, OCCASIONALLY STORM 10 AT FIRST IN FAR NORTH, BACKING NORTHWESTERLY LATER IN SOUTHWEST. MODERATE OR ROUGH AT FIRST IN NORTH, OTHERWISE ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING HIGH AT TIMES LATER IN NORTH. SNOW SHOWERS THEN OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SNOW. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. OCCASIONAL LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHWEST, BECOMING SEVERE OR VERY SEVERE AT TIMES IN FAR NORTH EAST CENTRAL SECTION SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY, BECOMING CYCLONIC LATER, 6 TO GALE 8, DECREASING 5 AT TIMES IN SOUTH AND EAST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. RAIN AT FIRST IN EAST, OTHERWISE SQUALLY SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY AT TIMES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR WEST CENTRAL SECTION CYCLONIC 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 AT FIRST, DECREASING 5 AT TIMES IN NORTHEAST, BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY LATER IN NORTHEAST, AND BECOMING NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6 LATER IN SOUTHWEST. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY HIGH AT FIRST IN SOUTH, BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH LATER. SQUALLY SHOWERS, PERHAPS THUNDERY AT FIRST, BECOMING WINTRY AT TIMES IN NORTHWEST. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD LATER DENMARK STRAIT CYCLONIC 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 IN NORTHWEST, BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, INCREASING STORM 10 AT TIMES IN SOUTH. MODERATE OR ROUGH BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. OCCASIONAL SNOW. MODERATE TO VERY POOR. SEVERE OR VERY SEVERE ICING DEVELOPING NEAR ICE EDGE WITH TEMPERATURES OF MS08 TO MS11 AND LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING EXPECTED ELSEWHERE, MAINLY NORTH OF 66 NORTH, WITH TEMPERATURES OF MS03 TO MS06 NORTH ICELAND EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7 AT FIRST IN FAR SOUTHWEST, OTHERWISE NORTHERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY, BECOMING CYCLONIC IN SOUTH, 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, DECREASING 5 TO 7 IN NORTH, AND DECREASING 5 OR 6 LATER IN FAR SOUTHEAST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY HIGH AT FIRST IN EAST AND MODERATE AT FIRST IN SOUTHWEST. OCCASIONAL SNOW IN NORTH, MAINLY FAIR THEN RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW IN SOUTH. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. SEVERE OR VERY SEVERE ICING EXPECTED IN NORTH WITH TEMPERATURES OF MS09 TO MS12, GRADUALLY BECOMING RESTRICTED TO WITHIN 150 MILES OF THE ICE EDGE NORTH OF 68 NORTH, WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT OR MODERATE ICING DEVELOPING ELSEWHERE NORTH OF 66 NORTH WITH TEMPERATURES OF MS03 TO MS06 NORWEGIAN BASIN WESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8 AT FIRST IN NORTHEAST, OTHERWISE CYCLONIC, BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY LATER, 3 TO 5, INCREASING 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 LATER NEAR NORWAY COAST. VERY ROUGH OR HIGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY HIGH AT FIRST IN NORTHEAST, BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. FAIR AT FIRST IN NORTH AND EAST, OTHERWISE OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR POOR, OCCASIONALLY GOOD LATER OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: STORMS EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL SECTION WITH SEVERE GALES IN SOUTHEAST ICELAND, EAST NORTHERN SECTION, WEST NORTHERN SECTION, EAST CENTRAL SECTION, DENMARK STRAIT, NORTH ICELAND AND NORWEGIAN BASIN UNSCHEDULED STORM WARNINGS ARE BROADCAST VIA SAFETYNET AND IN BULLETIN WONT54 EGRR AVAILABLE VIA SOME INTERNET AND FTPMAIL OUTLETS=