Shipping Forecast - The Longest Johns

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.

Rockall, sole, one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

Trafalgar, rectangular, becoming square.

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.

En nu de verzendprognose, uitgegeven door het Met Office namens de

Dienst Maritiem en Kustwacht om 17.00 uur vandaag.

North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, noordwest 5 tot 7,

af en toe storm 8, terugtrekkend naar het zuidwesten en een tijd afnemende 3.

Later regen, matig overgaand in goed.

Humber, Shannon, noordoost 6, goed, gestaag groeiend, wordt 7.

Fijne verjaardag.

Tyne, Thames, Forth, klein beetje, veel, 32 lang, maat 8, wordt later slim.

Dogger, Fisher, Dover, ik kende haar nauwelijks.

Viking, komt snel aan en vertrekt later met je vrouw.

Fair Isle, Faeröer, piramide, sfinx.

Biskaje, Fastnet, inbelverbinding, breedband.

Lundy, mardi, mercredi.

Plymouth, nee.

Duitse Bocht, pas daarvoor op.

Portland, Fitzroy, vooruit, 22 yards, touchdown.

Ierse Zee, Ierse stoofpot, Baileys, Hebriden.

Rockall, tong, één vis, twee vissen, rode vis, blauwe vis.

Trafalgar, rechthoekig, wordt vierkant.

En tot slot, Longest Johns, sterk beginnend, 7 of 8, niet zo arm wordend,

oke dan.

Dat was de scheepsvoorspelling voor woensdag 18 augustus 17.00 uur.