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