General Situation at 0100 on Sat 04 Jul 2009
An area of low pressure drifts slowly eastwards to be over Ireland on Sunday night. Fronts and troughs will move eastwards across the United Kingdom during the next few days.
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
24 hour forecast:
Southeasterly becoming variable 3 or 4, but southerly 5 near Rattray Head for a time later.
Smooth or slight.
Rain then showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in east at first.
Outlook:
Variable 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
24 hour forecast:
Mainly south or southwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 near Rattray Head later.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Variable, mainly southerly, 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Good.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
24 hour forecast:
Southwest backing south or southeast 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers later.
Mainly good.
Outlook:
South becoming variable then southeast 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
24 hour forecast:
West backing south or southeast 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers later.
Mainly good.
Outlook:
Southerly 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
24 hour forecast:
West or southwest backing south 3 or 4, becoming variable 3 or less for a time.
Smooth or slight.
Showers later.
Mainly good.
Outlook:
Southerly 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Good.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
24 hour forecast:
Westerly backing southerly 3 or 4, becoming variable 3 or less for a time.
Slight or moderate decreasing smooth or slight.
Showers later.
Mainly good.
Outlook:
Southerly 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
24 hour forecast:
Southwest, backing south or southeast for a time, 3 or 4.
Slight, occasionally moderate at first.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Southerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west later.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west later.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in far west.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Southerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times in west.
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in west later.
Showers.
Good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Showers.
Mainly good.
Outlook:
Southerly 3 or 4 increasing 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in west later.
Moderate, but slight in far east.
Showers.
Good.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
24 hour forecast:
Southerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Showers, rain for a time.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Southerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west.
Slight, moderate, occasionally moderate in west.
Showers.
Good.
Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southwesterly, backing southeasterly for a time, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west at first.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in north.
Showers, rain later.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Southerly 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Good.
Isle of Man
24 hour forecast:
South or southwest backing south or southeast 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Outlook:
South or southeast 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
24 hour forecast:
South or southeast 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in southeast.
Showers, some thundery.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Southerly or southeasterly 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in east.
Showers.
Good.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Showers, some thundery.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Southerly or southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Showers.
Good.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
24 hour forecast:
Southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in far south later.
Smooth or slight.
Showers, thundery for a time.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
South or southeast 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times.
Smooth or slight.
Showers.
Good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides
24 hour forecast:
Variable, mainly easterly or southeasterly, 3 or 4.
Slight, occasionally smooth in The Minch.
Showers, some thundery.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Variable 3 or 4.
Slight, occasionally smooth in The Minch.
Showers.
Good.
Shetland Isles
24 hour forecast:
Northeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in north, becoming variable 3 in south later.
Slight, occasionally moderate in north.
Showers, fog patches.
Moderate, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
Variable 3 in southeast, otherwise northeasterly 3 or 4.
Slight, occasionally moderate in north.
Fog patches, drizzle later.
Moderate, occasionally very poor.
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