Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Wednesday 09 February.
Inshore Waters Forecast to 12 miles offshore from 0500 UTC to 0500 UTC.
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 to 7, increasing 7 to severe gale 9, then veering west later.
Weather: rain then squally showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: very rough to very high north of wick, moderate to rough south of
wick.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 6 to gale 8.
Weather: squally showers, some wintry.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: very rough to very high north of wick, moderate to rough south of
wick.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, then veering west later.
Weather: rain then showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough, locally slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6, occasionally 7.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally slight.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, then veering west later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough, locally slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5.
Weather: rain then showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally slight.
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, increasing 6 to gale 8.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough, locally slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 to gale 8, veering west 4 or 5.
Weather: rain then showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally slight.
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: rain spreading in.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough, locally slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, veering northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: outbreaks of rain clearing later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally slight.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 3 or 4, increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: rain spreading in later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, veering northwest 3 or 4 later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, clearing later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 3 or 4, increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: rain spreading in later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, veering northwest 3 or 4 later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain, clearing later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 3 or 4, increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: rain spreading in later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough becoming rough to very rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, veering northwest 3 or 4 later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: rough to very rough.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7.
Weather: rain spreading in later.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough becoming rough to very rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, veering north 3 or 4 later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: rough to very rough.
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in north, increasing 6 to gale 8.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough becoming rough to very rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 to gale 8, becoming variable 3 or 4.
Weather: rain clearing.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: rough to very rough becoming moderate to rough.
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, then veering west 4 or 5 later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather: rain soon clearing then fair.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough becoming slight to moderate.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally very rough in the west.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7, veering west 3 or 4.
Weather: rain soon clearing then showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally very 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: southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 later.
Weather: outbreaks of rain.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally very rough in the north later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7, veering west 3 or 4.
Weather: rain soon clearing then showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: moderate to rough, locally very rough in the north at first.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, increasing 7 or gale 8, then veering west later.
Weather: rain then squally showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: rough to very rough, locally high, becoming very rough to high.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 7 or gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5.
Weather: squally showers dying out.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: very rough to high becoming rough to very rough.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 6 or 7, increasing 7 to severe gale 9, then veering west later.
Weather: rain then squally showers.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: very rough to high, locally very high, becoming high to very high.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 5 or 6.
Weather: squally showers, some wintry, becoming isolated.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: high to very high becoming very rough to high.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest 7 or gale 8, increasing gale 8 or severe gale 9, then veering
west later.
Weather: squally showers, some wintry.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: high to very high.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west gale 8 or severe gale 9, decreasing northwest 6 or 7.
Weather: squally showers, some wintry.
Visibility: good or moderate.
Sea State: high to very high.
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
Winds easing for a time
into Friday before further strong to gale force winds, locally severe gale force
in the north, affects all areas this weekend.
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