Coast and sea
General situation
The United Kingdom will remain under relatively low pressure, with another low approaching the northwest by Friday evening. Further showers or longer spells of rain expected, with strong winds developing in some southern and western parts later on Friday.
Issued at:
For coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore for the period to
Inshore waters forecast and strong winds map
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney (1)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeasterly 3 to 5 at first in east, otherwise variable 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or thundery showers, fog patches.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery showers, fog patches at first.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed (2)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southeast, becoming variable, 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming south or southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally smooth at first and moderate later.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby (3)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeast 3 or 4, becoming variable 2 to 4, then southwest 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight, becoming smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- West or southwest 2 to 4, backing south 5 or 6 for a time.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers, perhaps thundery at times.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point (4)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeast 3 or 4, veering southwest 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwest 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 for a time.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers, becoming fair for a time.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland (5)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later near North Foreland.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate later in southeast.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first in south.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in east.
- Weather
- Showers at first, perhaps thundery.
- Visibility
- Good.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill (6)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Westerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later in east.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Westerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first in east.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis (7)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southwest veering west for a time, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwest 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight, becoming slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly (8)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- West, veering southwest, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate west of the Lizard peninsula, otherwise smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwest, veering west later, 3 to 5, increasing 6 for a time near Isles of Scilly.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight at first east of the Lizard peninsula, otherwise slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel (9)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- West 3 to 5, veering southwest 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight east of lundy island, otherwise slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 6, veering west 4 or 5 for a time.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight at first east of lundy, otherwise slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, rain for a time.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head, including St Georges Channel (10)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 or 4, backing south or southwest 5 or 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southwest 5 or 6, veering west or southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers, rain for a time.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway (11)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming west 3 or 4, then backing southwest 4 to 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight later.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Isle of Man (12)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- West or southwest 3 or 4, backing south or southwest 4 or 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6, then veering southwest 3 or 4.
- Sea state
- Slight, becoming slight or moderate for a time.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough (13)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming south or southeast 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate later in south.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first in south, veering southwesterly 4 or 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight in south and east.
- Weather
- Rain then showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel (14)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less, becoming southerly or southwesterly 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 for a time in the North Channel, veering westerly later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate for a time in North Channel.
- Weather
- Showers, rain for a time.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point (15)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- West or southwest 2 to 4, backing southeast 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight later.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast, veering west or southwest, 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate in west.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good.
The Minch (16)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4, becoming cyclonic 4 or 5 for a time in south.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath (17)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southwesterly 2 to 4, occasionally 5 at first in west, becoming variable 3 or less later in north and southeasterly 4 or 5 later in south.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 3 to 5 in south, otherwise variable 2 to 4, becoming northwesterly later.
- Sea state
- Slight, becoming slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Shetland Isles (18)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southeast 3 or 4, becoming variable 3 or less, then northeast 3 or 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming slight.
- Weather
- Occasional rain or showers, fog patches.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland (18)
Valid Thursday 30 Jun 2022 at 1800 UTC until Friday 01 Jul 2022 at 0600 UTC
General situation
Low pressure will remain slow moving to the northwest of Scotland.
Forecast
- Wind
- Southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in northeast at first. becoming variable 3 or less
- Sea state
- Moderate, occasionally slight to the west of shetland
- Weather
- Rain at first. Fog patches
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally very poor
Outlook for 12 Hours from 0600 UTC on Friday 01 Jul until 1800 UTC on Friday 01 Jul
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less becoming cyclonic 3 or 4
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate
- Weather
- Rain. Fog patches
- Visibility
- Moderate or poor, occasionally very poor
Channel Islands (19)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Westerly 3 to 4, becoming locally variable 1 to 2 in the south of the area during the afternoon.
- Sea state
- Slight, locally smooth, with a low swell.
- Weather
- Isolated showers, dying out by midday.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Westerly 3 to 4, locally variable 1 to 2 in the south of the area, veering northwesterly 4 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight, locally smooth, with a low swell, increasing slight to moderate later.
- Weather
- Risk of rain in the far northwest from early afternoon.
- Visibility
- Good, perhaps locally moderate.
The inshore waters forecast information
Forecasts for UK inshore waters are issued four times a day and cover a period of 24 hours from 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 UTC.
The coastal waters around the British Isles are divided into 19 areas which extend up to 12 nautical miles offshore.
The forecast contains details of wind direction and force, sea state, weather and visibility.
Strong coastal winds (force 6 or more) are displayed for the first 24 hours of the inshore waters forecast.
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