FQNT21 EGRR 200800 SECURITE HIGH SEAS BULLETIN FOR METAREA 1 ISSUED AT 0800 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 20 MAY 2026 BY THE MET OFFICE, EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PERIOD 0800 UTC ON WEDNESDAY 20 MAY UNTIL 0800 UTC ON THURSDAY 21 MAY 2026 NO STORMS GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 200000UTC, LOW 47 NORTH 30 WEST 985 EXPECTED 52 NORTH 28 WEST 986 BY 210000UTC. NEW LOWS EXPECTED 41 NORTH 44 WEST 1009 AND 74 NORTH 08 WEST 1010 BY SAME TIME. NEW HIGH EXPECTED SOUTHEAST GREENLAND 1020 BY THAT TIME. AT 200000UTC, LOWS 53 NORTH 39 WEST 993 AND 58 NORTH 14 WEST 992 LOSING THEIR IDENTITIES AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS SOLE SHANNON SOUTHWEST BACKING SOUTH, 4 TO 6. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, BECOMING MODERATE OR ROUGH IN SOLE. RAIN, FOG PATCHES LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR LATER ROCKALL WEST BACKING SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST, 4 TO 6. ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LATER. RAIN, FOG PATCHES LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR LATER BAILEY CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, BECOMING VARIABLE 4 OR LESS. ROUGH BECOMING MODERATE. RAIN, FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND CYCLONIC 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 AT FIRST IN SOUTHEAST ICELAND, DECREASING 2 TO 4 IN FAEROES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN, FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR EAST NORTHERN SECTION CYCLONIC, MAINLY NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY, BECOMING EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY, 4 TO 6, THEN CYCLONIC 5 TO 7 LATER IN SOUTHWEST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH LATER IN FAR SOUTHWEST. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES IN EAST AND SOUTH, OTHERWISE MAINLY FAIR. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN EAST AND SOUTH WEST NORTHERN SECTION EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, OCCASIONALLY 7 LATER IN SOUTHEAST, BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 IN FAR NORTHWEST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING SLIGHT IN FAR NORTHWEST, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH LATER IN FAR SOUTHEAST. OCCASIONAL RAIN IN SOUTH, FOG PATCHES AT FIRST IN FAR NORTHWEST, OTHERWISE MAINLY FAIR. GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR IN SOUTH AND VERY POOR AT FIRST IN FAR NORTHWEST EAST CENTRAL SECTION CYCLONIC, MAINLY SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY, 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY 4 AT FIRST IN NORTHEAST. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY MODERATE IN NORTHEAST. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR THUNDERY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR WEST CENTRAL SECTION CYCLONIC 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 AT FIRST IN SOUTHEAST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR THUNDERY SHOWERS, FOG PATCHES. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR DENMARK STRAIT NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN SOUTHEAST, BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 NEAR GREENLAND COAST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY SMOOTH IN FAR NORTH. OCCASIONAL SLEET, SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN AT FIRST IN NORTH, FOG BANKS DEVELOPING LATER IN NORTH. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN NORTH NORTH ICELAND IN NORTH, CYCLONIC 3 TO 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 AT FIRST. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY SMOOTH IN WEST. OCCASIONAL SLEET, SNOW AND FOG PATCHES, WITH FREEZING RAIN IN WEST. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR. IN SOUTH, EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, BECOMING CYCLONIC 3 TO 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY ROUGH IN SOUTHEAST. RAIN OR DRIZZLE, FOG PATCHES IN EAST, BECOMING FOG BANKS LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN EAST NORWEGIAN BASIN EASTERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 6, DECREASING 2 TO 4 LATER, BUT BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR LESS IN NORTHEAST. MODERATE OR ROUGH, BUT SLIGHT IN NORTHEAST. FAIR IN NORTHEAST, OTHERWISE RAIN, WITH FOG PATCHES IN WEST, BECOMING FOG BANKS LATER. GOOD IN NORTHEAST, OTHERWISE MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY VERY POOR IN WEST OUTLOOK FOR FOLLOWING 24 HOURS: GALES ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL SECTION UNSCHEDULED STORM WARNINGS ARE BROADCAST VIA SAFETYNET AND IN BULLETIN WONT54 EGRR AVAILABLE VIA SOME INTERNET AND FTPMAIL OUTLETS