Issued by the Met Office at 1700 UTC on Wednesday 29 December.
Inshore Waters Forecast to 12 miles offshore from 1700 UTC to 1700 UTC.
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in north, veering northwest 4 or 5,
occasionally 6 in north.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate in south, rough or very rough in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first in north, backing southwest 5 to
7.
Weather: rain or showers.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate in south, rough or very rough in north.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 to 7, veering northwest 3 or 4 later.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: variable 3 or 4 becoming southwest 5 or 6.
Weather: rain dying out.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 to 7, veering north 4 later in north.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6 at first in south, otherwise variable 3 or 4 becoming
southwest 4 or 5.
Weather: rain dying out.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6.
Weather: rain dying out.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 5 to 7 veering northeast 4 or 5, becoming variable 3 or 4 later.
Weather: rain for a time.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6.
Weather: rain dying out.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in the Dover Straits.
Weather: occasional drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight becoming moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest veering west 4 or 5, increasing 6 for a time.
Weather: drizzle then rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5.
Weather: occasional drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest veering west 4 or 5 increasing 6 for a time.
Weather: drizzle then rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: west or southwest 4 or 5.
Weather: occasional drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough near Lands End.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5 increasing 6, decreasing 4 later.
Weather: rain or drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
Weather: occasional drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough later in west.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, increasing 7 for a time, veering west 4 or 5 later.
Weather: rain or drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5 increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: occasional drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7 decreasing 4 or 5.
Weather: rain or drizzle, dying out later.
Visibility: moderate or good, becoming poor for a time.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: rain or drizzle.
Visibility: moderate occasionally poor.
Sea State: moderate becoming rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7 becoming variable 3 or 4 then southwest 5 or 6.
Weather: rain dying out.
Visibility: moderate or poor becoming good.
Sea State: rough becoming moderate.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 to 7 veering north 3 or 4.
Weather: rain or drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate in south, moderate or rough in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: variable 3 or 4 becoming southwest 5 or 6.
Weather: rain then showers.
Visibility: moderate or poor becoming good.
Sea State: slight or moderate in south, moderate or rough in north.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the
North Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, increasing 7 for a time, veering northwest 3 or 4 later.
Weather: rain or drizzle.
Visibility: moderate occasionally poor.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough in southwest.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: variable 3 or 4 becoming southwest 5 or 6.
Weather: rain then showers.
Visibility: moderate or poor becoming good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough in southwest.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, increasing gale 8 for a time, veering northwest 3 or 4
later.
Weather: rain or drizzle.
Visibility: moderate occasionally poor.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: variable 3 or 4 becoming southwest 5 to 7.
Weather: rain then showers.
Visibility: moderate or poor becoming good.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 6 to gale 8 veering northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: occasional rain, dying out later.
Visibility: moderate or poor becoming good.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5 backing southwest 6 to gale 8, but 3 at first in south.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 7 to severe gale 9 veering northwest 6 or 7.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 6 or 7 backing west 5 then southwest 6 to gale 8.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
Strong west or southwest
winds, with gales in the north spreading south to all areas on Saturday, and
increasing severe gale force at times. Winds will veer northwest for a time on
Sunday and gales will become confined to northwestern waters. Strong to gale
force southwest winds on Monday.
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