Shipping Forecast excluding the header line, has a limit of 350 words—except for the 0048 broadcast, where it is increased to 380 to accommodate Trafalgar's inclusion—and has a very strict format. It 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 announcers 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
Southerly (band) Southerly (band) Southerly is a United States musical act, a solo project of Krist Kreuger. The Madison, Wisconsin native started the project in 2001, releasing an EP, but put it on hiatus to focus on building his own independent booking agency, "The Crow Agency". After picking the project back up, he took it on tour across the United States, Canada, and Paraguay. Relocating to Portland in 2006 (and forming into a full band with Robert Bartleson on bass guitar, Ryan Heise (from System and Station, Protest Hill) on drums, and Casey Montgomery on guitar, accordion, organ and more), Southerly is