Forecast to 12 miles offshore from 1700 UTC to 1700 UTC.
Issued by the Met Office at 1700 UTC on Saturday 12 August 2006.
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 towards Rattray Head, occasionally 3
towards Cape Wrath.
Weather:
occasional showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, occasionally rough towards Rattray Head.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in the east.
Weather:
occasional rain.
Visibility:
moderate or good, occasionally poor in the east.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, occasionally rough towards Rattray Head at first.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 5 or 6, but mainly 4 in the Forth and Tay estuaries.
Weather:
occasional showers.
Visibility:
mainly good.
Sea State:
moderate or rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 5 or 6, but mainly 4 in the Forth and Tay estuaries.
Weather:
rain at times.
Visibility:
moderate or good, occasionally poor in the north later.
Sea State:
moderate or rough.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 5 to 7.
Weather:
occasional showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
moderate or rough
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 5 or 6, occasionally 7 at first.
Weather:
rain or showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Sea State:
moderate or rough.
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
rough.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 5 or 6, occasionally 7 at first.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers.
Visibility:
moderate, occasionally poor.
Sea State:
moderate or rough.
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 Wash to Cromer, veering northeast 3
or 4 during Saturday.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Sea State:
moderate or rough, decreasing slight or moderate in the south.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northeast 3 or 4, backing northwest 5 or 6.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers, becoming mainly fair in the northeast.
Visibility:
moderate or poor, occasionally good in the northeast.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, occasionally rough in the north.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north or northwest 5 to 7, decreasing 4 or 5 by Saturday evening.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good, occasionally poor in the east.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, but rough in the east for a time.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good, occasionally poor in the east.
Sea State:
slight, occasionally moderate in the east.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north or northwest 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather:
rain or thundery showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
Weather:
fair then rain or showers, mainly in the east.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first around Lands End and
the Isles of Scilly.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first in the west, decreasing
3 or 4.
Weather:
occasional rain or showers, mainly in the east.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, becoming mainly slight.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north or northwest 5 or 6, but mainly 4 in the inner Bristol Channel.
Weather:
scattered showers.
Visibility:
mainly good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, but rough for a time in the west.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in the west at first, decreasing
3.
Weather:
mainly fair, then rain in Bristol Channel.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight.
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 5 or 6, decreasing 4 in north.
Weather:
isolated showers.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, but rough for a time near western headlands.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight.
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north or northwest 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
mainly good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight.
Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north to northwest 5 locally 6, decreasing 3 or 4 tonight.
Weather:
fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
moderate or rough, becoming slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north 3 or 4.
Weather:
fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first in the east.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first Rathlin Isle to the
Ards Peninsula.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the
North Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first in the southern North
Channel.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, but rough for a time through the North Channel.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally variable 3 in the Firth of Clyde.
Weather:
fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, decreasing smooth or slight.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather:
fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather:
occasional rain or showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
north or northeast 3 or 4.
Weather:
mainly fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5.
Weather:
occasional rain or showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northerly 4 or 5.
Weather:
occasional rain.
Visibility:
moderate or good, occasionally poor in the north and east.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
northerly winds becoming
fresh or strong over northern and western areas by Wednesday, with fresh
southwesterly winds in the English channel for a time, but winds becoming light
and variable over eastern waters.
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