Shipping Forecast

The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecasts sent over the Navtex system use a similar format and the same sea areas. The waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas, also known as weather areas (see map below) There are four broadcasts per day at the following (UK local) times:

0048 – transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from an extended list of coastal stations at 0052 and an inshore waters forecast at 0055 and concludes with a brief UK weather outlook for the coming day. The broadcast finishes at approximately 0058.

0520 – transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from coastal stations at 0525, and an inshore waters forecast at 0527.

1201 – normally transmitted on LW only.

1754 – transmitted only on LW on weekdays, as an opt-out from the PM programme, but at weekends transmitted on both FM and LW.

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What the Viking Sky cruise evacuation tells us about cruise ship safety

Quartz 25 Mar 2019

A cruise ship, loaded with 1,373 people, out of power and in stormy seas, in danger of drifting aground as it began a helicopter evacuation ... The company did not specifically respond to my question about why the ship sailed into forecasted poor weather, except to say that “the Viking Sky is an Ocean-going vessel built to the highest standards....

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Norway wants to know why cruise ship sailed in stormy weather, forcing air evacuation

Herald Mail 25 Mar 2019

"We don't know the reason why the ship sailed knowing such bad weather was forecast," Kurt Olsen, an acting director for Norway's Accident Investigations Board, told USA TODAY. "We have a very good weather service in this country, so I would guess the crew knew everything about the forecast....

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Viking Cruises chair Torstein Hagen blames skipper for sailing in rough weather

Hong Kong Standard 25 Mar 2019

... cargo ship ... When asked why the cruise ship ventured into an area known for its rough waters in the middle of a storm that had been forecast by meteorologists, Knudsen, from Norway’s rescue service, said it was the captain’s decision to proceed with the cruise.-AP....

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Terror at sea: Helicopter rescues frighten cruise passengers

The Concord Township News-Herald 25 Mar 2019

when a huge wave crashed through the ship's glass doors and swept his wife 30 feet across the floor ... When asked why the cruise ship ventured into an area known for its rough waters in the middle of a storm that had been forecast by meteorologists, Knudsen, from Norway's rescue service, said it was the captain's decision to proceed with the cruise....

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Terror at sea: Helicopter rescues frightened cruise passengers

Aiken Standard 25 Mar 2019

Norway's Accident Investigations Board said the ship would remain in Molde, pending an investigation ... When asked why the cruise ship ventured into an area known for its rough waters in the middle of a storm that had been forecast by meteorologists, Knudsen, from Norway's rescue service, said it was the captain's decision to proceed with the cruise....

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Cruise ship stranded off Norway reaches shore

The Spokesman-Review 24 Mar 2019

when a huge wave crashed through the ship’s glass doors and swept his wife 30 feet across the floor ... When asked why the cruise ship ventured into an area known for its rough waters in the middle of a storm that had been forecast by meteorologists, Knudsen, from Norway’s rescue service, said it was the captain’s decision to proceed with the cruise....

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Helicopter rescues frighten Norway cruise passengers

Las Vegas Review-Journal 24 Mar 2019

... ship’s walls ... When asked why the cruise ship ventured into an area known for its rough waters in the middle of a storm that had been forecast by meteorologists, Knudsen, from Norway’s rescue service, said it was the captain’s decision to proceed with the cruise....

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Minnesota couple’s Norwegian cruise turns to terror at sea

Pioneer Press 24 Mar 2019

Waves up to 26-feet-high were smacking into the ship, making it impossible to evacuate anyone by boat ... When asked why the cruise ship ventured into an area known for its rough waters in the middle of a storm that had been forecast by meteorologists, Knudsen, from Norway’s rescue service, said it was the captain’s decision to proceed with the cruise....

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Viking Sky: Why things went wrong, what happened and what's next?

The Independent 24 Mar 2019

Hundreds of cruise passengers, many of them elderly, have been experiencing a nightmare evacuation after their ship, Viking Sky, was battered by extreme weather and its engines stopped working ... What was the ship, and where was she sailing? ... The shipping forecast for the planned voyage was for gale-force winds and very rough seas....

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Radio 4's lost the plot! Former host of Gardeners' Question Time slams BBC's decision to employ 'amateur' as show's new anchor

This is Money 22 Mar 2019

Stefan Buczacki, who is a former chairman of the show, has accused the BBC of dumbing down the programme ... Kathy Clugston was named this week as the first female chairman of the Radio 4 programme. The Shipping Forecast presenter, 49, admitted she is a gardening ‘novice’ and would ask panellists to ‘spell things out if they get too technical’ ... He said ... ....

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Belfast Radio 4 star with no sense of smell to host Gardeners' Question Time

Belfast Telegraph 21 Mar 2019

Clugston is known for her work as a newsreader and announcer on Radio 4 and as the voice of the Shipping Forecast. The amateur gardener said she would not shy away from asking panellists about the basics ... "I've had a few pinch-me moments since I started at Radio 4 - my first Shipping Forecast, reading the news on Today - but this beats them ... ....

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FedEx profit falls, CEO calls the results disappointing

Yahoo Daily News 20 Mar 2019

reported lower profit Tuesday as its ground-shipping unit struggled with higher costs, and the company cut its forecast of full-year earnings ... FedEx's ground-shipping business took in 9 ... Until January, the company ran six days a week only around the peak holiday shipping season....

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Gardeners’ Question Time to get its first female host

Belfast Telegraph 20 Mar 2019

Clugston, a Northern Irish presenter perhaps best known for her voice work on the Shipping Forecast, is a keen amateur gardener and will be joining the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme in May, according to the Daily Telegraph....