Coast and sea
General situation
A ridge of high pressure moves eastwards across the North Sea during Monday. A strengthening southerly flow will affect northern Scotland as Atlantic fronts fringe into the area. A low will move east over southern England before filling later on Monday.
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)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, but moderate or rough to north and west of Orkney.
- Weather
- Occasional rain at first.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later in east.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate becoming moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed (2)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southwesterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later in north.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 in north.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming rough in north.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby (3)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable becoming south or southeast 2 to 4, occasionally 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point (4)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Variable 3 or less becoming southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain at first.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Mainly fair, showers later.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland (5)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first in south.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, but smooth or slight in Thames estuary at first.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southeasterly 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Mainly fair, showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill (6)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 3 to 5, occasionally 6 at first, becoming easterly or southeasterly 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate at first.
- Weather
- Occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Easterly or southeasterly 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis (7)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South veering southwest 4 to 6, then becoming variable 2 to 4.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Rain then fair.
- Visibility
- Moderate or poor, becoming good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Variable 2 to 4 becoming east or southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly (8)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6 becoming variable 2 to 4, then southeast 3 to 5 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Occasional rain at first.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- East or southeast 3 to 5 veering south 2 to 4 later.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery showers or fog patches later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor or very poor later.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel (9)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Cyclonic 4 to 6 becoming variable 2 to 4, then southeast 3 to 5.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth in east.
- Weather
- Occasional rain at first.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast 3 to 5, increasing 6 for a time.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally smooth in east.
- Weather
- Thundery showers or fog patches later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor or very poor later.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head, including St Georges Channel (10)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast 3 to 5, becoming variable 2 to 4 for a time.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight for a time.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in west.
- Weather
- Thundery showers or fog patches later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor or very poor later.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway (11)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- East or southeast 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in west.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery showers.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Isle of Man (12)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4 for a time, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight, becoming slight or moderate later.
- Weather
- Mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Heavy rain later.
- Visibility
- Good, becoming moderate or poor later.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough (13)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southeast 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later.
- Sea state
- Slight, occasionally moderate in north.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southeasterly 4 to 6, occasionally 7 in northeast.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Thundery showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally poor later.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel (14)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, occasionally 6 later in North Channel.
- Sea state
- Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in North Channel.
- Weather
- Fair.
- Visibility
- Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 3 to 5, but 6 or 7 in North Channel.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point (15)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southeast 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in northwest.
- Weather
- Occasional rain at first in north.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate at first in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- South or southeast 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in west.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later.
The Minch (16)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southwest 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in far north and far south.
- Weather
- Occasional rain until later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in west.
- Sea state
- Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in far south.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath (17)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South or southwest 5 to 7.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain until later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- Southerly or southeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in west.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Showers later.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate later.
Shetland Isles (18)
Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- South 3 to 5 veering southwest 4 to 6.
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Rain for a time.
- Visibility
- Good, occasionally moderate.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland (18)
Valid Monday 14 Oct 2024 at 0600 UTC until Monday 14 Oct 2024 at 1800 UTC
General situation
A ridge of high pressure over Shetland Waters will decline on Monday as weather fronts push in from the west with a strengthening southerly flow.
Forecast
- Wind
- South or southeast 3 to 5, veering south or southwest 5 to 7
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Fair at first, becoming occasional rain.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1800 UTC on Monday 14 Oct until 0600 UTC on Tuesday 15 Oct
- Wind
- South or southwest 4 to 6
- Sea state
- Moderate or rough.
- Weather
- Occasional rain, becoming mainly fair.
- Visibility
- Moderate or good.
Channel Islands (19)
24 hour forecast:
- Wind
- Southwest 4 to 5, veering west to northwest 2 to 4 after midday, becoming variable 1 to 3 towards dusk, then southeast 2 to 4 after midnight.
- Sea state
- Slight, locally moderate in the north and west, decreasing smooth around dusk, with a low swell throughout.
- Weather
- Any light drizzle or mist patches clearing by mid-morning.
- Visibility
- Good, perhaps locally moderate or poor at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
- Wind
- East to southeast 3 to 4, increasing 4 to 5 during Tuesday afternoon, perhaps locally 6 mid-channel from dusk.
- Sea state
- Smooth to slight, increasing slight to moderate, with a low swell.
- Weather
- Risk of mist or fog patches at first isolated showers developing in the afternoon, becoming scattered in the evening and with a small risk of thunder.
- Visibility
- Good, locally moderate or poor at times, perhaps very poor at first.
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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