A strengthening northerly or northwesterly air flow will affect the United Kingdom as high pressure remains slow moving to the southwest and areas of low pressure deepen to the north and east.
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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 Tuesday 21 May 2013 at 1200 UTC until Wednesday 22 May 2013 at 1200 UTC
General Situation at 1200 UTC on Tue 21 May 2013
A strengthening northerly or northwesterly air flow will affect the United Kingdom as high pressure remains slow moving to the southwest and areas of low pressure deepen to the north and east.
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 later.
Mainly slight in Moray Firth at first, otherwise moderate or rough, becoming rough or very rough north and west of Orkney later.
Showers, squally later.
Good.
Outlook:
North or northwest 6 to gale 8.
Moderate or rough, but very rough north and west of Orkney.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
In north, northwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 or 7 in far north later, in south, variable 3 or less, becoming northwesterly 4 or 5.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough in far north later.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 4 or 5 increasing 6 to gale 8.
Moderate or rough, but mainly slight in firths of Forth and Tay.
Showers becoming squally.
Good.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 4 or 5, becoming variable 3 or less for a time.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 4 or 5 increasing 6 to gale 8.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook:
North or northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 5 or 6, becoming variable mainly west or northwest 3 or 4 later.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7.
Slight or moderate, becoming rough in north.
Showers.
Good.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
24 hour forecast:
Northerly 5 in far east, otherwise mainly northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4.
Slight, but moderate in far east.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7.
Slight near shore, otherwise becoming moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 near headlands.
Mainly slight.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7.
Slight near shore, otherwise becoming moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5, but mainly 5 or 6 in west at first, and again later.
Slight or moderate.
Fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwesterly 5 to 7, but mainly 4 or 5 at first.
Mainly slight near shore east of Lands End, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers later.
Good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northeast of Penarth and Weston super mare, mainly northerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, otherwise northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in far southwest and far northwest.
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 4 or 5 increasing 5 to 7.
Slight in far east, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers later.
Good.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head including St Georges Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 near headlands, decreasing 3 or 4 for a time.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwesterly 5 to 7, but mainly 4 or 5 at first.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
Showers later.
Good.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 near headlands, increasing mainly 5 or 6 later.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 6 to gale 8.
Slight in shelter, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers later.
Good.
Isle of Man - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
North or northwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7.
Moderate.
Fair.
Good.
Outlook:
North or northwest 5 to 7.
Moderate or rough.
Fair.
Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwest 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7 later.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough later except in shelter.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 6 to gale 8.
Slight in shelter, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwest 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7 later.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough later except in shelter.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 6 to gale 8.
Slight in shelter, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwest 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7 later.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough later except in shelter.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northwest 6 to gale 8.
Slight in shelter, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
The Minch - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
West veering northwest 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7 later.
In far north, moderate, becoming rough later, elsewhere, smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
North or northwest 6 to gale 8.
Slight in shelter, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
West veering northwest 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7 later.
Moderate, becoming rough or very rough later.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
North or northwest 6 to gale 8.
Moderate or rough, becoming very rough.
Showers.
Good.
Channel Islands
24 hour forecast:
Northwest to north 2 to 4.
Slight.
Hazy at first.
Moderate becoming good.
Outlook:
Northwest 3 to 4 increasing 4 to 5 in the evening, then 5 to 6 overnight.
Slight becoming rather rough to rough on Thursday.
Fair to cloudy.
Good.
