Forecast to 12 miles offshore from 0500 UTC to 0500 UTC.
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 29 August 2006.
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
west or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east
Weather:
showers.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
moderate, becoming rough later in north
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first in east, becoming
variable 3
Weather:
showers dying out, rain later in northwest.
Visibility:
good, becoming moderate later in northwest.
Sea State:
moderate, becoming slight in east, but rough at first in north
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
west veering northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times tonight
Weather:
showers
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west or northwest 4 or 5 backing south 3 or 4
Weather:
showers at first
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight, but moderate at first in north
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times tonight
Weather:
showers
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5 backing south or southwest 3 or 4
Weather:
showers at first
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight
Whitby to the Wash.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times tonight
Weather:
showers
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5 backing southwest 3 or 4.
Weather:
showers at first
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight
The Wash to North Foreland.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times tonight
Weather:
showers
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5 backing southwest 3 or 4.
Weather:
showers at first
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight
North Foreland to Selsey Bill.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
west veering northwest 4 or 5
Weather:
showers
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west or northwest 4 or 5 backing southwest 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 later
Weather:
fair.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
west or northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times, occasionally 3 later
Weather:
rain then showers, dying out later
Visibility:
good, occasionally moderate at first
Sea State:
slight or moderate
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west backing southwest 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6.
Weather:
fair, but rain later
Visibility:
good becoming moderate later
Sea State:
slight, becoming moderate later
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
west or northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6 for a time
Weather:
rain then showers dying out
Visibility:
moderate becoming good
Sea State:
moderate, but slight at times in east
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west backing southwest 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6.
Weather:
fair then rain
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor
Sea State:
moderate, but slight at first in east, becoming rough later in west
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5 backing west 3 or 4.
Weather:
rain at first in south, otherwise showers dying out
Visibility:
moderate at first in south, otherwise good.
Sea State:
moderate, but slight in inner Bristol Channel
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west 3 or 4 backing south 5 or 6, then veering southwest
Weather:
fair then rain.
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor
Sea State:
moderate, but slight in inner Bristol Channel, becoming rough later
in west
St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay, including St Georges Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in north, backing west 3 or 4
Weather:
showers dying out.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
moderate becoming slight
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west 3 or 4 backing southeast 4 or 5, then veering southwest
Weather:
fair then rain
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor
Sea State:
slight, becoming moderate in south
Colwyn Bay to the Mull of Galloway.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5 increasing 6 at times, backing west 3 or 4
Weather:
showers dying out.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
moderate becoming slight
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west or southwest 3 or 4 backing southeast 4 or 5 for a time
Weather:
fair then rain.
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State:
slight, occasionally moderate later
Isle of Man.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
west or northwest 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4 overnight.
Weather:
showers dying out.
Visibility:
good occasionally moderate.
Sea State:
moderate or rough becoming slight or moderate later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west 3 occasional 4 soon backing south, increasing 4 locally 5 later.
Weather:
fair at first, then rain developing.
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor at times later.
Sea State:
slight becoming moderate.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5 increasing 6 at times, backing west 3.
Weather:
showers dying out.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight or moderate, but rough in north
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west or southwest 3 or 4 backing southeast 4 or 5 for a time .
Weather:
fair then rain.
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State:
moderate in north; slight in east
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the
North Channel.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in North Channel, backing west 3
Weather:
showers dying out.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
slight, but moderate in North Channel
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west or southwest 3 or 4 backing southeast 4 or 5 for a time
Weather:
fair then rain.
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State:
slight, but moderate near Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times between Mull of Kintyre and Islay,
backing west 3.
Weather:
showers dying out.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
rough becoming moderate
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west or southwest 3 or 4 backing southeast 4 or 5 for a time
Weather:
fair then rain.
Visibility:
good becoming moderate or poor.
Sea State:
moderate, but slight in shelter.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
west or northwest 4 or 5, decreasing 3 later
Weather:
showers dying out.
Visibility:
good.
Sea State:
rough becoming moderate
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
west backing southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in south, veering southwest
3 or 4 later in south.
Weather:
fair, then rain later
Visibility:
good becoming moderate later.
Sea State:
moderate, but slight in shelter.
Shetland Isles.
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
northwest 5 or 6 increasing 7 at times
Weather:
rain or showers.
Visibility:
moderate or good
Sea State:
moderate becoming rough
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
northwest backing west 5 or 6, occasionally 7 at first, backing southwest
3 or 4 later
Weather:
rain or showers dying out later
Visibility:
moderate or good.
Sea State:
rough becoming moderate later
Outlook for all UK Inshore Waters for following 3 days:
fresh or strong winds
across the south during Thursday, otherwise light or moderate. Light or moderate
winds Friday, but fresh at times in the northwest. Light or moderate winds
Saturday, but increasing strong along English Channel coasts.
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