Shipping Forecast

The Shipping Forecast is a weather forecast covering the sea around the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[1] It has been broadcast four times a day on BBC Radio 4 since the 1920s.^[2] The Met Office, the UK meteorological centre, produces it for the Maritime Coastguard Agency. The forecast talks about lots of places, starting with "Viking" in the northeast and going clockwise around the British coastline until it reaches "Southeast Iceland" in the northwest. Sometimes the names are changed to keep them the same as in other countries.^[3] It is one of the first items on Radio 4 each day,^[4] and has been referenced in many poems and songs,^[5] including a poem by Seamus Heaney^[6] and a song by the British band, Blur (This is a Low).

1. ↑ "The Shipping Forecast | W eather Toolbar - 7 Day Weather Forecast - Weather Taskbar". Theweatherfront.com. 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
2. ↑ "shipping forecast - Everything2.com". everything2.com.
3. ↑ "Shipping Forecast loses household name". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
4. ↑ "Press Office - New early morning schedule for Radio 4". BBC. 2006-01-23. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
5. ↑ "Now for the shipping forecast. - Home News, UK". The Independent. 2002-02-02. Archived from the original on 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
6. ↑ "Heaney". Photoverulam.co.uk. 2005-10-31. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-01-07.