| And now the shipping forecast, issued by the Met Office on behalf of the
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| Maritime and Coastguard Agency at 17: 00 hours today.
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| North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, northwesterly 5 to 7,
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| occasionally gale 8, backing southwesterly and decreasing 3 for a time.
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| Rain later, moderate becoming good.
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| Humber, Shannon, northeasterly 6, good, growing steadily, becoming 7.
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| Happy birthday.
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| Tyne, Thames, Forth, little bit, muchly, 32 long, size 8, becoming smart later.
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| Dogger, Fisher, Dover, I hardly knew her.
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| Viking, arriving soon, leaving later with your wife.
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| Fair Isle, Faeroes, pyramid, sphinx.
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| Biscay, Fastnet, dial-up, broadband.
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| Lundy, mardi, mercredi.
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| Plymouth, no.
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| German Bight, watch out for that.
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| Portland, Fitzroy, moving forward, 22 yards, touchdown.
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| Irish Sea, Irish stew, Baileys, Hebrides.
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| Rockall, sole, one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.
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| Trafalgar, rectangular, becoming square.
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| And finally, Longest Johns, starting strong, 7 or 8, becoming not so poor,
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| then good.
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| That was the shipping forecast for 17: 00 hours, Wednesday 18th August. |