ZCZC GE23 ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 2100 ON WED 16 SEP GALE WARNINGS: FAIR ISLE THE GENERAL SITUATION AT MIDDAY LOW 200 MILES SW OF ICELAND 974 EXP FAEROES 977 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW 24-HR FORECASTS VIKING E FORTIES NW BACK S OR SW 4 TO 6 OCNL 3 AT FIRST INCR 7 FOR A TIME LTR IN NORTHERN N UTSIRE. MOD OR ROUGH. RAIN OR SHWRS. GOOD OCNL POOR W FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE S OR SW 3 OR 4 INCR 5 OR 6 OCNL 7 LTR. SLT OR MOD BECMG MOD OR ROUGH LTR EXCEPT IN W CROMARTY AND TYNE. RAIN OR SHWRS. GOOD OCNL POOR DOGGER HUMBER THAMES W OR NW BACK SW 4 TO 6 OCNL 3 AT FIRST EXCEPT IN FISHER. SLT OR MOD IN HUMBER THAMES AND DOVER BUT ELSEWHERE MOD OR ROUGH. SHWRS THEN RAIN. GOOD OCNL MOD AT FIRST AND POOR LTR FAIR ISLE S OR SW MAINLY 5 TO 7 BUT 4 AT FIRST IN E AND OCNL GALE 8 LTR IN W. MOD OR ROUGH BECMG VERY ROUGH OR HIGH LTR IN W. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHWRS. MOD OR GOOD OCNL POOR OUTLOOK FLW 24 HOURS: GALES EXP IN FAIR ISLE. STRG WINDS EXP IN ALL REMAINING AREAS BUT WITH A RISK OF GALES IN FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH AND DOGGER NNNN