ZCZC GE08 ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 2100 ON FRI 11 SEP GALE WARNINGS: VIKING FORTIES CROMARTY FAIR ISLE THE GENERAL SITUATION AT MIDDAY NEW HIGH EXP BISCAY 1027 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW 24-HR FORECASTS VIKING W 3 TO 5 BACK S 5 TO 7 OCNL GALE 8 LTR EXCEPT IN S UTSIRE VEER W OR NW 3 TO 5 LTR. MOD BECMG MOD OR ROUGH BUT LTR IN THE UTSIRES. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD OCNL POOR FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER S OR SW 3 TO 5 INCR 5 TO 7 LTR OCNL GALE 8 LTR IN FORTIES AND CROMARTY VEER W OR NW 3 TO 5 LTR. SLT OR MOD OCNL SMOOTH AT FIRST IN CROMARTY FORTH AND TYNE AND ROUGH LTR IN FORTIES AND CROMARTY. RAIN UNTIL LTR. GOOD OCNL POOR UNTIL LTR HUMBER THAMES VRB 2 TO 4 BECMG W OR SW 4 TO 6 LTR. SMOOTH OR SLT BECMG SLT OR MOD LTR. RAIN LTR. GOOD OCNL MOD LTR FAIR ISLE SW 3 OR 4 AT FIRST IN SE OTHERWISE S OR SW 5 TO 7 OCNL GALE 8 UNTIL LTR VEER NW 4 TO 6 LTR. MOD OR ROUGH OCNL SLT IN SE BECMG VERY ROUGH IN W. RAIN. GOOD OCNL POOR OUTLOOK FLW 24 HOURS: STRG WINDS ARE EXP IN VIKING DOGGER HUMBER THAMES AND FAIR ISLE NNNN