Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Monday 06 March.
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: northwest 5 to 7 backing southwest 3 or less then south 4 or 5.
Weather: snow showers at first, rain later.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: rough or very rough decaying moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 4 or 5, backing southeast 5 to 7 later.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally slight for a time.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 5 to 7 backing southwest 3 or less then south 5 or 6.
Weather: snow showers at first, rain later.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 5 or 6, decreasing 4 for a time.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally slight for a time.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 5 to 7 backing south 3 or less, increasing 4 or 5 later.
Weather: wintry showers at first, rain later.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate at first and later.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate, decaying slight for a time.
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 5 or 6 backing south 3 or less, increasing 4 or 5 later.
Weather: wintry showers at first, rain later.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate at first and later.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 4 or 5, occasionally 6 or 7 later.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate.
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 for a time in north, backing south 3 or 4.
Weather: wintry showers at first.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate at first.
Sea State: slight or moderate, occasionally rough in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first, backing southwest 4.
Weather: rain later.
Visibility: good becoming moderate.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 4, increasing 5 or 6 later.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate, becoming poor at times.
Sea State: slight, building moderate later.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4, perhaps occasionally 5 at first, backing south 4 or 5.
Weather: rain later.
Visibility: good becoming moderate.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 4 or 5, veering southwest 5 to 7 later.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate, becoming poor at times.
Sea State: slight building moderate.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4 backing south 4 or 5, veering west later.
Weather: showers then rain.
Visibility: good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 4 or 5, backing southwest 3 or 4, increasing 6 to gale 8 later.
Weather: rain and drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or poor.
Sea State: slight or moderate building rough or very rough.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4 backing south 4 or 5, veering west later.
Weather: showers then rain.
Visibility: good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 4 or 5 backing southwest 3 or 4, increasing 6 to gale 8 later.
Weather: rain and drizzle.
Visibility: moderate or poor.
Sea State: slight or moderate building rough or very rough.
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 3 or 4 backing south 4 or 5.
Weather: early showers with rain later.
Visibility: good becoming moderate.
Sea State: slight, occasionally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 4 or 5, veering southwest 5 or 6 later.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate.
Sea State: slight building moderate or rough.
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: northwest 4 backing south 4 or 5.
Weather: early showers with rain later.
Visibility: good becoming moderate.
Sea State: slight, occasionally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south 4 or 5, perhaps increasing 6 at times.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate.
Sea State: slight, occasionally moderate later.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable 3 or less becoming south or southeast 4 or 5, veering west 3 or 4
later.
Weather: showers early, with rain for a time.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate in rain.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 3 or 4 backing south 4 or 5, perhaps increasing 6 at times.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the
North Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable 3 or less becoming south 4 or 5, veering west 3 or 4 later.
Weather: showers early, with rain for a time.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate in rain.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 3 or 4 backing south 4 or 5, perhaps increasing 6 at times.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable 3 or less becoming south or southeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 in
north for a time, but veering west 3 or 4 later.
Weather: rain for a time.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate in rain.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: west 3 or 4 backing south 4 or 5, veering southwest 4 later.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north 3 or 4 veering south or southeast 5 to 7 then southwest 3 or 4.
Weather: rain for a time.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate in rain.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southwest 3 or 4 backing south 5 or 6.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: north veering south or southeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or less for a time.
Weather: snow showers dying out, with rain later.
Visibility: good, occasionally poor in snow showers.
Sea State: rough decaying moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: south or southeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
Weather: rain at times.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate, occasionally rough later.
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
Fresh or strong winds
around many coasts through the rest of Wednesday, with gales in the south.
Thursday and Friday will see further fresh or strong winds for much of the
coastline with some gales in places.
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