316- The Shipping Forecast

<p>Four times every day, on radios all across the British Isles, a BBC announcer begins reading from a seemingly indecipherable script. "And now the Shipping Forecast issued by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency," says the voice over the wire. "Viking, North Utsire; southwesterly five to seven; occasionally gale eight; rain or showers; moderate or good, occasionally poor." Cryptic and mesmerizing, this is the UK’s nautical weather report.</p> <p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=26063&amp;post_type=episode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Shipping Forecast</a></p>