Issued by the Met Office at 1700 UTC on Saturday 05 February.
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: north or northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 or 7 in north and west,
decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally very rough at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northeast 3 or 4, veering south then increasing 5 or 6.
Weather: rain later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally slight for a time.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate, locally rough in the far north for a time.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northeast 3 or 4, veering south 4 or 5.
Weather: rain later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: south or southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south or southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: south 3 or 4, backing southeast.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: south 3 or 4, backing east or southeast.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: south 3 or 4, backing east or southeast.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: south 3 or 4, backing east or southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4, veering southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate, locally rough for a time in the west.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first
Weather: showers dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4, veering east 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east 3 or 4, occasionally 5, veering southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: showers at first.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4, veering east 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: rain or showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east 3 or 4, occasionally 5, veering south.
Weather: showers at first.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4, veering east.
Weather: rain or showers, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east 3 or 4, veering south 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: fair, risk rain later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4, occasionally 5 or 6 in the west, veering east or northeast 3
or 4.
Weather: rain or showers, dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate, locally rough in the west.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4, veering south 5 or 6.
Weather: fair, rain later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate, locally rough in the west.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the
North Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4, veering east or northeast.
Weather: rain or showers dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4, veering south 4 or 5, occasionally 6.
Weather: fair, rain later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north or northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6.
Weather: showers dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough becoming slight to moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast 5 or 6, veering southeast 3 or 4, then increase south 6 or 7.
Weather: rain later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough, locally very rough.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northeast 5 to 7, then veering east or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: showers dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: rough to very rough becoming slight to moderate, locally rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5, veering south then increase 6 to
gale 8.
Weather: rain later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate, locally rough, very rough to high.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northeast 5 to 7, easing 4 or 5.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: rough to very rough becoming moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast 4 or 5, veering south 3 or 4 then increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: rain dying out, returning later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate becoming rough to very rough.
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days: Fresh to strong, locally
gale force, in the far north but moderate to fresh, locally light at first,
elsewhere.
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