A shallow area of low pressure will move away southwards leaving a mainly northerly or northwesterly airflow across the United Kingdom for the next few days.
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The inshore waters forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
For coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore from Sunday 19 May 2013 at 1200 UTC until Monday 20 May 2013 at 1200 UTC
General Situation at 1200 UTC on Sun 19 May 2013
A shallow area of low pressure will move away southwards leaving a mainly northerly or northwesterly airflow across the United Kingdom for the next few days.
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
24 hour forecast:
Variable becoming mainly northwesterly 2 or 3, occasionally 4, increasing 4 or 5 later in north and east.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle, fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
Northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 3 in Moray Firth.
Slight or moderate.
Drizzle, fog patches, then showers.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming good.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed
24 hour forecast:
Variable 2 or 3, occasionally 4, becoming northwesterly 4 or 5 in far north later.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional drizzle, fog banks.
Poor or very poor.
Outlook:
Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5 in far north, otherwise variable 3 or less becoming northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle, fog banks, then showers.
Poor or very poor, becoming good.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby
24 hour forecast:
Mainly north or northwest 2 or 3, occasionally 4.
Mainly slight.
Occasional drizzle, fog banks.
Poor or very poor.
Outlook:
North or northwest 3 or 4 increasing 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle, fog banks, then fair.
Poor or very poor, becoming good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or less, becoming north or northwest 4 or 5.
Slight.
Occasional drizzle, fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
North or northwest 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate.
Drizzle, fog patches, becoming fair later.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming moderate or good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
24 hour forecast:
Mainly northeasterly, backing northerly or northwesterly, 2 or 3, occasionally 4, increasing mainly 4 or 5 later.
Slight.
Occasional drizzle, fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
Mainly northerly 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle, fog patches, becoming mainly fair later.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming moderate or good later.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
24 hour forecast:
North or northeast, becoming variable then north or northwest, 2 or 3, occasionally 4.
Slight, occasionally moderate in far east.
Occasional rain, fog patches in east later.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor in east later.
Outlook:
North or northwest 3 or 4.
Slight.
Occasional rain, fog patches in east, becoming mainly fair later.
Moderate or good, occasionally very poor in east until later.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
24 hour forecast:
Variable becoming west or northwest, 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 for a time this evening.
Slight.
Occasional rain.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
North or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Mainly slight.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
24 hour forecast:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 4 or 5.
Smooth or slight in east, occasionally moderate in far west.
Occasional rain mainly in east, showers later.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in east at first.
Outlook:
Northwest 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
24 hour forecast:
Mainly west or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Smooth or slight, but slight or moderate in far southwest.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northwesterly, 3 or 4 in east, 4 or 5 in west.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head including St Georges Channel
24 hour forecast:
Variable mainly west or northwest 2 or 3, occasionally 4, increasing mainly 4 or 5 later.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Showers later.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
North or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or showers but mainly fair.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway
24 hour forecast:
Variable 2 or 3, occasionally 4, becoming mainly northwesterly 4 or 5 in west.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5, but mainly 3 or 4 in sheltered north and east.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain, fog patches, then showers.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming mainly good.
Isle of Man
24 hour forecast:
Variable 2 or 3 becoming northwest 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 later.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate later.
Fog patches until later.
Moderate or good, occasionally very poor until later.
Outlook:
North or northwest 4 or 5 increasing 5 or 6.
Slight or moderate.
Fair.
Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or less, becoming northwest 4 or 5.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
Northwest 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle, fog patches at first, then showers.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming good.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or less, becoming northwest 4 or 5.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
Northwest 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6 for a time.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle, fog patches at first, then showers.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming good.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or less, becoming northwest 4 or 5.
Smooth or slight in shelter, otherwise slight or moderate.
Fog patches.
Mainly moderate or good at first, otherwise moderate or poor, occasionally very poor.
Outlook:
Northwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 for a time in west.
Slight or moderate.
Occasional rain, fog patches, then showers.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming mainly good.
The Minch
24 hour forecast:
Northeasterly 4 or 5 in far north at first, otherwise variable 2 or 3, occasionally 4, becoming northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west.
Smooth or slight in shelter, otherwise slight or moderate.
Fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, but mainly moderate or good at first except in far north.
Outlook:
North or northwest, backing west or southwest later, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Smooth or slight in shelter, otherwise slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle and fog patches at first, then mainly fair.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath
24 hour forecast:
Northeasterly 4 or 5 in far north at first, otherwise variable 2 or 3, occasionally 4, becoming northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in west.
Moderate.
Fog patches.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, but mainly moderate or good at first except in far north.
Outlook:
North or northwest, backing west or southwest later, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle and fog patches at first, then mainly fair.
Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor, becoming good.
Channel Islands - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northerly 4 or 5, backing northwest by early evening, perhaps locally 6 for a time after midnight,.
Moderate.
Outbreaks of rain, persistent and heavy at times with the risk of thunder, clearing overnight, further rain possible later Monday morning.
Moderate to poor, becoming good overnight.
Outlook:
Northwest to north 4, soon decreasing 3 or 4, locally 2 on Tuesday.
Moderate becoming slight.
Occasional light rain and a risk of fog patches, gradually clearing during the evening.
Good, soon becoming moderate to poor perhaps locally very poor in fog patches.
