Set the timer to 100 seconds

How to use the online timer

Stay beside the radio while the Shipping Forecast plays, using one hundred seconds to give it your full attention without drifting into another job. The interval is long enough to catch several sea areas and note the details that matter to you, yet brief enough to fit between making tea, packing a bag or preparing to leave the house.

As the broadcast moves around the coasts, consecutive countdowns can divide the listening into manageable stretches. Let one run to its signal, then begin the next while remaining by the radio. Each fresh interval marks another portion of the forecast, which can help if you are listening for more than one area or comparing how conditions change from region to region.

While you follow the announcer, keep the moments after each signal free rather than filling them immediately. That small buffer lets you finish hearing a sentence, jot down an area name or decide whether another interval is needed before the next household task begins. If the relevant passage ends sooner, the spare time can simply remain quiet; if it runs longer, the next countdown can take over without interrupting your listening.