ZCZC GE38 ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 2100 ON FRI 10 APR GALE WARNINGS: VIKING FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER FAIR ISLE THE GENERAL SITUATION AT MIDDAY LOW 150 MILES W OF ROCKALL 962 EXP ROCKALL 963 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. LOW FISHER 1010 LOSING ITS IDENTITY 24-HR FORECASTS VIKING NE FORTIES CYCLONIC 3 TO 5 BECMG SE 6 TO GALE 8 OCNL SEV GALE 9 LTR. MOD OR ROUGH BECMG ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH LTR OCNL HIGH LTR IN VIKING. RAIN LTR. GOOD OCNL POOR SW FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER S OR SE 4 TO 6 INCR 6 TO GALE 8 FOR A TIME OCNL SEV GALE 9 IN CROMARTY. SMOOTH OR SLT BECMG MOD OR ROUGH OCNL VERY ROUGH IN SW FORTIES AND CROMARTY. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD OCNL POOR HUMBER THAMES SE VEER SW LTR 4 TO 6 OCNL 7 IN HUMBER AND LTR ELSEWHERE. SLT OR MOD OCNL ROUGH IN HUMBER. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MOD OR GOOD FAIR ISLE E OR SE BECMG CYCLONIC LTR IN SE ICELAND 4 TO 6 INCR 7 TO SEV GALE 9 OCNL 6 LTR. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH OCNL HIGH LTR. WINTRY SHWRS THEN RAIN. GOOD OCNL POOR OUTLOOK FLW 24 HOURS: RISK OF STORMS IN VIKING WITH SEV GALES EXP IN FORTIES. GALES EXP IN CROMARTY FORTH TYNE AND DOGGER WITH STRG WINDS IN HUMBER AND THAMES NNNN