ZCZC WE53 VALENTIA COAST GUARD EJK AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY AT 1725 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 08 APRIL 2026 FOR THE PERIOD 1800 UTC WEDNESDAY 08 APRIL TO 1800 UTC THURSDAY 09 APRIL 2026 THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE FORTIES TRAFALGAR SHANNON ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDDAY LOW 400 MILES WEST OF BAILEY 971 EXPECTED WEST OF ICELAND 975 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS SOLE LUNDY FASTNET WEST OR NORTHWEST BACKING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 VEERING NORTHWEST 4106 OCCASIONALLY 7 IN SOLE. MODERATE OR ROUGH OCCASIONALLY SLIGHT AT FIRST IN LUNDY AND FASTNET BECOMING ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH IN SOLE AND SOUTHWEST FASTNET. RAIN FOG PATCHES AT FIRST. MODERATE OR GOOD OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR AT FIRST IRISH SEA SOUTHWEST 2104 VEERING WEST 4106. SMOOTH OR SLIGHT BECOMING SLIGHT OR MODERATE. RAIN FOG PATCHES AT FIRST. MODERATE OR GOOD OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR AT FIRST SHANNON SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 VEERING WEST 6 TO GALE 8. MODERATE OR ROUGH BECOMING VERY ROUGH OR HIGH. SHOWERS. GOOD OCCASIONALLY POOR NNNN