Issued by the Met Office at 1700 UTC on Saturday 12 November.
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: northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 in north at first,
decreasing 5 by morning, backing southwest 5 to 7 later.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: very rough decaying rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 6 to gale 8.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 6 or 7, decreasing 4 or 5 by morning, backing southwest later.
Weather: rain then showers.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 4 or 5 increasing 6 or 7, perhaps gale 8 in north later.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 6 or 7 decreasing 4 or 5 on Sunday.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 3 or 4 backing southwest 5 or 6.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate but rough in north at first.
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: southwest veering north or northwest 4 or 5 occasionally 6 later.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate becoming rough in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest backing west 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in north later.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: west veering north or northwest 4 or 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north backing west 4 or 5.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable 3 becoming north 4 or 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northeast 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest veering northeast 4 or 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast 4 or 5 backing northwest 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: slight.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 4 or 5 veering northeast 5 or 6.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast backing northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in west at first.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate but rough towards Isles of Scilly.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4 veering northwest 5 or 6.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northeast backing west 4 or 5.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest veering northeast 5 to 7, decreasing 3 or 4 during Sunday.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north backing southwest 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north or northwest 6 or 7 decreasing 4 or 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4 backing southwest 4 or 5.
Weather: rain later.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north or northwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5 by morning, veering west
later.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: good.
Sea State: moderate or rough but very rough off north coast at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west or southwest 4 or 5 increasing 6, occasionally 7 off the north coast.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate but rough in north.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the
North Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in North Channel.at first, veering
north 4 or 5 overnight, then west later.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: moderate but rough in North Channel.at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west or southwest 4 increasing 5 or 6.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 6 to gale 8, veering north 4 or 5, backing southwest later.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: rough but very rough over exposed waters at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west or southwest 4 or 5 increasing 6 to gale 8.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: rough.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 7 or gale 8, backing southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 later.
Weather: showers then rain later.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 5 or 6 increasing 7 to gale 8.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State: rough or very rough.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 7 to severe gale 9, backing west 4 or 5, then southwest 6 or 7
later.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: very rough but high at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest veering west 7 to severe gale 9.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or poor.
Sea State: very rough or high.
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
Fresh or strong westerly
winds on Tuesday with gales off north Scotland. Lighter winds for English
Channel. Fresh or strong northwest winds on Wednesday and Thursday, but lighter
off Irish Sea coasts, Wales and the Southwest.
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