Just out of curiosity, I checked the text of the Shipping forecast issued at
1725 tonight. Then I was pleased to staying at home tonight!!!

Text from http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/shipping.shtml

NORTH FITZROY SOLE
WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY GALE 8 TO STORM 10, OCCASIONALLY VIOLENT STORM 11
AT FIRST, DECREASING 5 LATER. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR

LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA
SOUTHEAST VEERING WEST 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9, INCREASING STORM 10 OR VIOLENT
STORM 11 FOR A TIME. RAIN OR SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR

SHANNON
CYCLONIC BECOMING WEST GALE 8 TO STORM 10, OCCASIONALLY VIOLENT STORM 11 AT
FIRST, DECREASING 5 OR 6 LATER. RAIN THEN SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR POOR,
BECOMING GOOD

Rob