Editing Shipping Forecast (section)

===Introduction, gale warnings, and general synopsis ===
The forecast begins with "And now the Shipping Forecast, issued by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at xxxx today."  This format is followed quite strictly, although some [[continuity announcer]]s read out the actual date of issue as opposed to the word "today".  

This is followed by gale warnings (winds of force 8 or more on the [[Beaufort scale]]), if any (e.g., "There are warnings of gales in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, and Fair Isle").  This sometimes follows the opposite format (e.g., "There are warnings of gales in all areas except Biscay, Trafalgar and FitzRoy").

The general synopsis follows, giving the position, pressure (in [[millibar]]s) and track of pressure areas (e.g., "Low, Rockall, 987, deepening rapidly, expected Fair Isle 964 by 0700 tomorrow"). With the information provided in the Shipping Forecast it is possible to compile a pressure chart for the coasts of northwestern Europe.