Inshore waters forecast for coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore Issued: 0001 on Mon 12 May 2014 UTC The inshore waters forecast, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Valid from 0000 on Mon 12 May 2014 UTC until 0000 on Tue 13 May 2014 UTC General situation An area of low pressure over the eastern North Sea will continue moving away northeastwards as a ridge of high pressure building to the west of the United Kingdom on Tuesday moves eastwards into the country on Wednesday. Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney 24 hour forecast: Variable at times in Moray Firth otherwise mainly northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in north and east. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Variable at times in Moray Firth otherwise mainly northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in north and east. Slight or moderate. Showers then fair. Good. Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed 24 hour forecast: Mainly northerly or northeasterly, becoming variable at times in south, 3 or 4. Slight. Showers. Moderate or good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5 in north, otherwise variable 2 or 3, occasionally 4. Moderate in far north, otherwise mainly slight. Showers then fair. Good. Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby 24 hour forecast: Northwest 4 or 5, veering north or northeast 3 or 4. Mainly slight. Thundery showers. Moderate or good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Variable mainly north 2 or 3, occasionally 4. Slight. Showers then fair. Good. Whitby to Gibraltar Point 24 hour forecast: Northwest 4 or 5 becoming variable or northeast 3 or 4. Mainly slight. Thundery showers. Moderate or good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Variable mainly north 2 or 3, occasionally 4. Slight. Thundery showers. Good. Gibraltar Point to North Foreland 24 hour forecast: Westerly 5 to 7 becoming variable 3 or 4, then southwesterly 5 or 6 for a time in far south later. Rough near North Foreland at first, otherwise slight or moderate. Thundery showers. Moderate or good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Westerly 5 in far south at first otherwise variable, but mainly northwesterly veering northerly or northeasterly, 3 or 4. Mainly slight. Thundery showers. Good. North Foreland to Selsey Bill 24 hour forecast: Westerly or southwesterly 5 to 7, decreasing mainly 4 or 5 later. Moderate or rough. Squally showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good. Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis 24 hour forecast: West or southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, veering northwesterly 3 or 4 fat. Mainly slight in shelter otherwise moderate or rough. Squally showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: West or southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, veering northwest 3 or 4, backing southwest 4 or 5 for a time in afternoon, then veering north or northeast 3 or 4 in evening. Slight or moderate. Showers then fair. Good. Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly 24 hour forecast: West 5 to 7. Moderate or rough, but mainly slight near shore except in far west. Squally showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Westerly veering northwesterly, mainly 6 in west at first, otherwise 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4 later. Slight or moderate, but mainly rough in far west at first. Showers then fair. Good. Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel 24 hour forecast: Westerly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 or 5 at times in north. Slight or moderate in east, moderate or rough in west. Squally showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: West or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later. Slight or moderate, but rough in far southwest at first. Showers then fair. Good. St Davids Head to Great Orme Head, including St Georges Channel 24 hour forecast: West or southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: West or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5, becoming variable 2 or 3 at times later. Mainly slight. Showers then fair. Good. Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway 24 hour forecast: Mainly westerly, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in south at first, becoming variable mainly northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4 later. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Variable mainly north or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later. Mainly slight. Showers then fair. Good. Isle of Man 24 hour forecast: West or northwest 4 or 5, backing west or southwest 3 or 4 later. Slight or moderate, becoming slight. Showers at first. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: West or northwest 3 or 4. Slight. Fair. Good. Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough 24 hour forecast: Variable mainly west or northwest 2 or 3, occasionally 4. Mainly slight. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Variable mainly west or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5. Mainly slight. Showers then fair. Good. Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel 24 hour forecast: Variable mainly westerly or northwesterly 2 or 3, occasionally 4. Mainly slight. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Variable mainly westerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5. Mainly slight. Showers then fair. Good. Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point 24 hour forecast: Variable 2 or 3, occasionally 4. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: Variable mainly northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in far north and also west of the Mull of Kintyre. Slight or moderate. Showers then fair. Good. The Minch 24 hour forecast: Northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: North or northeast becoming variable, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first. Mainly slight. Showers then fair. Good. Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath 24 hour forecast: Northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5. Moderate. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: North or northeast becoming variable, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first. Slight or moderate. Showers then fair. Good. Shetland Isles 24 hour forecast: North 4 or 5. Slight or moderate. Showers. Good. Outlook for the following 24 hours: . . . . Channel Islands 24 hour forecast: West 5 to 6 with gusts to 35kt, decreasing 4 to 5 Monday evening. Rather rough to rough, decreasing moderate to rather rough Monday evening. Scattered showers. Good except in showers. Outlook for the following 24 hours: West 4 to 5, veering northwest by noon and decreasing 3 to 4 by evening. Moderate to rather rough, becoming slight to moderate with swell. Isolated showers, dying out on Tuesday morning. Good.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 22:14:52 +0000