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On behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Issued by the Met Office at 1700 UTC on Saturday 01 July.

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: south or southeast 5 or 6 veering southwest 4 or 5, then northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: rain or showers.
Visibility: moderate or good, perhaps poor later.
Sea State: moderate but slight in sheltered parts of Moray Firth.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: rain or showers at first.
Visibility: moderate or good, with risk of fog patches in east.
Sea State: slight or moderate.

Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: south or southeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, backing northeast 3 or 4 later.
Weather: fair then showers.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: moderate becoming slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: moderate, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight.

Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight, locally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southeast backing north or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: moderate, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight.

Whitby to the Wash.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: southeast backing north or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight.

The Wash to North Foreland.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: east or southeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight.

North Foreland to Selsey Bill.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate.
Sea State: slight.

Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: fair.
Visibility: moderate.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: moderate.
Sea State: slight.

Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: thundery showers developing.
Visibility: moderate.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4, perhaps 5 in the west for a time.
Weather: thundery showers.
Visibility: mainly moderate.
Sea State: slight or moderate.

Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable becoming east or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Weather: thundery showers later.
Visibility: moderate or good, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: east or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather: thundery showers.
Visibility: moderate, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight or moderate.

St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable becoming north or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Weather: thundery showers later.
Visibility: moderate or good, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northeast 4 or 5.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: moderate, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight or moderate.

Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway including the Isle of Man.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: variable becoming north or northwest 3 or 4.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: moderate or good, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest veering northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: showers.
Visibility: moderate, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight.

Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: south or southeast 4 or 5, becoming variable 3 or 4 for a time, then north or northwest later.
Weather: occasional rain or showers.
Visibility: moderate or good, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest veering northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: occasional rain or showers.
Visibility: moderate or good, perhaps poor.
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: south or southeast 4 or 5, becoming variable 3 or 4 for a time, then north or northwest later.
Weather: showers later.
Visibility: moderate or good, with risk of fog patches.
Sea State: slight, occasionally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest veering northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: occasional rain or showers.
Visibility: moderate or good, perhaps poor.
Sea State: slight.

Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: south or southeast 4 or 5 becoming variable then north 3 or 4.
Weather: rain or showers.
Visibility: moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Sea State: moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: occasional rain or showers.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.

Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: south 5 or 6 veering southwest 4 or 5 then becoming variable 3 or 4.
Weather: rain then fair.
Visibility: moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: variable 3 or 4 becoming northeast 3 or 4.
Weather: mainly fair.
Visibility: mainly good.
Sea State: slight or moderate.

Shetland Isles.

24 hour forecast:
Wind: southeast 5 or 6 veering southwest 4 or 5, then north 3 or 4.
Weather: occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good, occasionally poor for a time.
Sea State: moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: north or northwest 3 or 4.
Weather: rain then fair.
Visibility: moderate or good.
Sea State: mainly moderate.

Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
Light or moderate east or northeast winds will gradually veer east or southeast during Tuesday and Wednesday around much of the country. however, the wind will become variable then moderate west or southwesterly around Wales and southern England, freshening through the Dover Straits later. winds will become light or moderate west or southwesterly in all parts during Thursday, freshening off western coasts later.

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