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Issued by the Met Office at 0001 UTC on Friday 12 March 2010
Ser. No. 31
Inshore Waters Forecast to 12 miles offshore from 0001 UTC to 2359 UTC
General Situation
High pressure just west of Ireland will drift slowly west with weakening frontal band moving
southeastwards across the United Kingdom during Friday.
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney SWW
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest backing west 5 or 6, decreasing 4 for a time later.
Moderate or rough, but mainly slight in Moray Firth.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West or northwest 5 or 6.
Moderate or rough, but mainly slight in Moray Firth.
Showers, rain later.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor later.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed SWW
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest backing west 5 or 6, decreasing 4 for a time later.
Slight, occasionally moderate in north.
Occasional rain then showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West or northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times.
Slight, occasionally moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby SWW
24 hour forecast:
West 4 or 5 veering north or northwest 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Slight increasing moderate.
Rain then showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 3 or 4 backing west 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Mainly good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point SWW
24 hour forecast:
West veering north or northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 for a time.
Slight increasing moderate.
Rain or showers later.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North backing west 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate.
Fair.
Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
24 hour forecast:
Westerly veering northerly 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in north.
Fair then rain or showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northerly backing westerly 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times.
Slight, occasionally moderate in north.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill SWW
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest, backing west for a time, 3 or 4, veering northeast 5 or 6 later.
Smooth or slight.
Fair then rain or showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North or northeast 5 or 6 decreasing 3 or 4 backing west or northwest later.
Smooth or slight.
Showers then fair.
Moderate or good.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
24 hour forecast:
Northwest veering north 3 or 4 increasing 5 later.
Smooth or slight.
Fair then rain or showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North or northeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 for a time, backing west or northwest 3 or less later.
Smooth or slight.
Showers then fair.
Moderate or good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4 increasing 4 or 5 later.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west at first, becoming smooth in east.
Mainly fair, showers for a time.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North or northeast 4 or 5 backing west or northwest 3 or less.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Fair.
Good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times.
Mainly slight but moderate at times in west.
Mainly fair, showers for a time.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North or northeast backing northwest 3 or 4.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Fair.
Good.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5, decreasing 3 at times.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Mainly fair, showers for a time.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North or northwest, backing west for a time, 3 or 4.
Slight.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
24 hour forecast:
West or northwest 4 or 5 veering north 3 or 4 later.
Smooth or slight.
Mainly fair, showers for a time.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North backing west or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Slight.
Showers later.
Moderate or good.
Isle of Man SWW
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times in south and west.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North or northwest 4 increasing 5 or 6.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough SWW
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east at first.
Smooth in south, slight, occasionally moderate in north.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwesterly, backing westerly for a time, 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Slight in south, moderate in north.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel SWW
24 hour forecast:
Northwesterly veering northerly 5 or 6 decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Smooth or slight.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West or northwest 3 or 4 increasing 4 or 5.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in North Channel.
Fair then showers.
Moderate or good.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point SWW
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, decreasing 3 or 4, backing west later.
Mainly moderate.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West 3 or 4 veering northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
Mainly moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides SWW
24 hour forecast:
Northerly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, decreasing 3 or 4, backing westerly later.
Moderate or rough.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West 3 or 4 veering northwest 5 or 6.
Moderate or rough.
Showers, rain later in north.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor later in north.
The Minch SWW
24 hour forecast:
Northerly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, decreasing 3 or 4, backing westerly later.
Mainly slight, but moderate or rough in far north.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West 3 or 4 veering northwest 5 or 6.
Mainly slight, but moderate or rough in far north.
Showers, rain later in north.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor later in north.
The Channel Islands
24 hour forecast:
North 2 to 3, very soon backing northwest, increasing 4 by midday, veering north 4 to 5 in the evening.
Slight increasing moderate in the afternoon.
Scattered showers by afternoon.
Good, locally moderate in showers.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North 4 to 5, decreasing 3 to 4 by afternoon, backing northwest by evening.
Moderate to rather rough, decreasing slight to moderate in the afternoon.
Scattered showers at first.
Mainly good.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from LerWick, Shetland
Valid Friday 12 Mar 2010 at 0000 UTC until Friday 12 Mar 2010 at 1200 UTC
Shetland Isles
General Situation
A showers North to Northwest airflow covers Shetland with a warm front moving southeast into the
Shetland Basin during Friday.
Gale Warnings in operation for Sea Area Fair Isle: Nil
North or northeast backing northwest 5 or 6.
Moderate or rough.
Scattered showers.
Mostly good.
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1200 UTC on Friday 12 Mar until 0000 UTC on Saturday 13 Mar:
Northwest 5 or 6 increasing 7 at times.
Moderate or rough.
Some showers, but rain and drizzle spreading across the northeast.
Moderate or good, becoming occasionally poor in the northeast.
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