General Situation at 0000 on Sun 08 Nov 2009
A complex area of low pressure lying across the British Isles will move south-southeastwards across the English Channel and into France during Sunday.
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or 4.
Slight or moderate, but rough or very rough in north.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Variable 3 or 4, becoming southeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in north later.
Slight or moderate.
Showers then fair.
Good.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
24 hour forecast:
Variable becoming mainly north, 3 or 4.
Slight, occasionally moderate at first in north.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
North veering south 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 later.
Slight.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
24 hour forecast:
Variable becoming mainly north, 3 or 4.
Slight.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northerly veering southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in north later.
Slight.
Showers then fair.
Good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
24 hour forecast:
South or southeast backing north or northeast, 3 or 4.
Slight.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
North or northeast 3 or 4, veering west later.
Slight.
Showers then fair.
Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southeasterly backing northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first in south, decreasing 3 at times.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northerly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east, backing northwesterly 3 or 4 later.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southerly 5 to 7, backing northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 3 later.
Moderate becoming slight.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northerly 4 or 5, backing northwesterly 3 or 4.
Slight or moderate.
Showers then fair.
Moderate or good.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwest veering north 5 or 6, decreasing 4 at times.
Moderate or rough becoming slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
North 4 or 5, backing west 3 or 4.
Slight.
Showers then fair.
Mainly good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first in west, veering northerly 4 or 5 later.
Very rough or high in far west, otherwise moderate or rough becoming slight or moderate.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in far west.
Outlook:
Northerly or northeasterly, veering southerly later, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in west.
Slight or moderate, but rough in far west.
Showers, rain later.
Mainly good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwest 6 to gale 8, veering north or northeast 3 or 4.
Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first in far southwest, becoming slight or moderate in north.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in far southwest.
Outlook:
Northeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in southwest, veering southerly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in west later.
Slight or moderate, but rough in southwest at first.
Showers, rain later.
Good, occasionally moderate later.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head including St Georges Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first in far south, veering northeasterly 3 or 4.
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in far south.
Showers, squally at first in south.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northeasterly 3 or 4, veering southerly, then increasing 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in west.
Slight or moderate.
Showers, rain later.
Moderate or good.
Great Ormes Head to Mull of Galloway
24 hour forecast:
Cyclonic becoming north 4 or 5, veering northeast 3 or 4 later.
Slight.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northeasterly 3 or 4, veering southerly, then increasing 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in west.
Slight.
Rain later.
Good, occasionally moderate later.
Isle of Man
24 hour forecast:
North or northeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Slight.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
North or northeast 3 or 4, becoming variable 3 or less, then south 5 or 6 later.
Slight or moderate.
Showers, rain later.
Good, occasionally moderate later.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first in east, becoming variable 3 or less later.
Slight in east, rough becoming moderate in north.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Variable 3 or less becoming south or southeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8, veering west 5 or 6 later.
Slight or moderate in east, moderate or rough in north.
Showers, rain later.
Good, then moderate in rain.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including Firth of Clyde
24 hour forecast:
North 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or less.
Rough becoming moderate near Mull of Kintyre, otherwise slight.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Variable 3 or less, becoming south or southeast 4 or 5, increasing 5 to 7, veering west 4 or 5 later.
Slight or moderate in south, moderate or rough in north.
Showers, rain later.
Good becoming moderate later.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
24 hour forecast:
North becoming cyclonic then southeast, 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times.
Rough or very rough becoming moderate or rough.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Southeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8, veering west 5 or 6 later.
Moderate or rough.
Showers, rain later.
Good, becoming moderate later.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath excluding The Minch
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly becoming cyclonic then southeasterly, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in south.
Very rough becoming rough.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Southeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 in west, veering westerly 5 to 7 in west later.
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in west later.
Showers, rain later.
Good, becoming moderate later.
The Minch
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northwesterly becoming cyclonic then southeasterly, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in south.
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in far north and far south.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Southeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8, veering west 5 or 6 later.
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in south.
Showers, rain later.
Good, becoming moderate later.
The Channel Islands - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwest 5 or 6 locally 7 with gusts to 40kt, veering north during the morning, further veering northeast later decreasing 4 to 5 then 3 to 4 by midnight.
Rough or very rough moderating slowly.
Rain or hail showers, risk of thunder.
Good except in showers.
Outlook:
Northeast 3 to 4 becoming variable 1 to 3, then south later.
Slight with swell.
Occasional showers soon dying out, risk of rain later.
Good except in showers or rain.
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