Issued by the Met Office at 1700 UTC on Saturday 05 March.
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: variable 3 or 4 becoming northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate or rough, becoming slight in the inner Moray Firth.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: east or northeast 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4 then northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: wintry showers dying out.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough, becoming slight later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northeast 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4 then northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: wintry showers dying out.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough, becoming slight later in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northeast 5 to 7 decreasing 4, backing northwest 4 or 5 later.
Weather: wintry showers dying out.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northeast 5 to 7, but 4 at first in south, backing northwest 4 or 5 later.
Weather: wintry showers dying out.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate or rough, occasionally slight in the Thames Estuary.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north or northwest 4 or 5 veering northeast 5 or 6, occasionally 7 in the
Dover Straits, backing north 4 or 5 later.
Weather: sleet dying out.
Visibility: moderate becoming good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, becoming rough for a time in the Dover Straits.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5 backing northeast 5 or 6, occasionally 4 later.
Weather: sleet dying out.
Visibility: moderate becoming good.
Sea State: slight, becoming moderate for a time.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast backing north or northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest veering northeast 5 to 7, decreasing 4 later.
Weather: showers dying out.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, but rough at first near the Isles of Scilly.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast backing north or northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 6 to gale 8 veering northeast 5 or 6, backing north 3 or 4 later.
Weather: showers dying out.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, but rough at first in west.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast backing north or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: smooth or slight, becoming moderate later in west.
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 6 to gale 8 veering northeast 5 or 6, backing northwest 3 or 4
later.
Weather: showers dying out.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough becoming smooth or slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: smooth or slight, becoming moderate later.
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 5 or 6 veering northeast 4 or 5, becoming variable then northwest 3
or 4.
Weather: showers dying out.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough at first near Colwyn Bay, becoming
smooth or slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: smooth or slight, occasionally moderate later in west.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 5 or 6 veering northeast 4 or 5, becoming variable then northwest 3
or 4.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: smooth or slight, becoming moderate in north.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the
North Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north veering northeast 4 or 5, becoming variable then northwest 3 or 4.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: smooth or slight, but moderate at first in southwest.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in southwest.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: smooth or slight, occasionally moderate later in southwest.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north veering northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first near Islay and
Tiree, becoming variable then northwest 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in west.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northeast 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4 then northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable 3 or 4 becoming northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: drizzle later.
Visibility: good becoming moderate.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 5 or 6, decreasing 4 for a time.
Weather: occasional drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate, becoming rough later in northwest.
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
Moderate or fresh north
or northeast winds, occasionally strong in the north and east, becoming light at
times in the southwest.
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