Shipping Forecast 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 millibars) and track of pressure areas (e.g., "Low, Rockall, 987, deepening rapidly, expected Fair Isle 964 by 0700 tomorrow"). Each area's forecast is then read out. Several areas may be combined into a single forecast where the conditions are expected to be similar. Wind direction is given first, then strength (on the Beaufort scale), followed by precipitation, if any, and (usually) lastly visibility.
Southerly Buster Southerly Buster A Southerly Buster is the colloquial name of an abrupt southerly wind change in the southern coastal regions of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia which approaches from the southeast mainly in a hot day, bringing in cool, usually storm-laden conditions, and a dramatic temperature drop, thus ultimately replacing and relieving the prior hot conditions. Marking the boundary between hot and cool air masses, a southerly buster is often represented by a roll-up cloud perpendicular to the coast, which appears from the south and coexist with the wind change, though normally there is little visual signal of the