Friday 6th January 2023
Difficulty: Easy
The Shipping Forecast (Quiz #49)
Photo: Alastair Cassels (Creative Commons)
The shipping forecast is issued four times a day by the UK Met Office. The forecast contains details of gale warnings, a general synopsis and forecasts for the 31 sea areas around the British Isles.
1. Which is the correct order for these three sea areas, as spoken in the shipping forecast?
2. Which of these is the correct term for wave heights of more than 14 metres?
3. How soon is "soon", in the context of the shipping forecast? (E.g. "Southeasterly gale force 8 expected soon")
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