ZCZC GE50 ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 2100 ON TUE 14 APR GALE WARNINGS: VIKING FORTIES FAIR ISLE THE GENERAL SITUATION AT MIDDAY LOW 550 MILES W OF ROCKALL 977 LOSING ITS IDENTITY 24-HR FORECASTS VIKING NE FORTIES E OR SE 3 TO 5 VEER S OR SE 5 TO 7 OCNL GALE 8 LTR EXCEPT IN N UTSIRE. SLT OR MOD BECMG MOD OR ROUGH LTR THEN VERY ROUGH LTR IN NW VIKING. OCCASIONAL RAIN LTR. GOOD OCNL POOR SW FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER SE 4 TO 6 OCNL 7 IN CROMARTY. SLT OR MOD BECMG MOD OR ROUGH IN SW FORTIES AND CROMARTY. RAIN AT TIMES FOG PATCHES. MOD OR GOOD OCNL VERY POOR HUMBER THAMES SE VEER S 3 TO 5. SMOOTH OR SLT BECMG SLT OR MOD. FAIR THEN OCCASIONAL RAIN. MOD OR GOOD FAIR ISLE SE 4 TO 6 INCR 6 TO GALE 8. MOD BECMG ROUGH OCNL VERY ROUGH EXCEPT IN S FAIR ISLE. FAIR THEN RAIN. MOD OR GOOD OCNL POOR OUTLOOK FLW 24 HOURS: GALES EXP IN VIKING FORTIES AND FAIR ISLE. STRG WINDS EXP IN CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER AND HUMBER. RISK OF STRG WINDS IN THAMES NNNN