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Firth of Clyde and North Channel (Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre)

Coastal forecast for Firth of Clyde and the North Channel

2009-12-18 0000 - 0559
Pressure - 1027 mB R
Temp max/min - 4/-1 degrees C
Wind speed - F2-5
Wind direction - NE
Max gust in knots - 28 becoming 26
Sea state - Wavelets
Visibility - Very good becoming Excellent

Sig weather -

2009-12-18 0600 - 1159
Pressure - 1027 mB F
Temp max/min - 4/0 degrees C
Wind speed - F2-5 becoming F2-4
Wind direction - NE
Max gust in knots - 24 becoming 19
Sea state - Wavelets
Visibility - Excellent

Sig weather -

2009-12-18 1200 - 1759
Pressure - 1026 mB F
Temp max/min - 5/0 degrees C
Wind speed - F2-4 becoming F2-5
Wind direction - S becoming NW
Max gust in knots - 18 becoming 27
Sea state - Wavelets becoming Rippled
Visibility - Excellent becoming Very good

Sig weather -

becoming

2009-12-18 1800 - 2359
Pressure - 1023 mB F
Temp max/min - 8/1 degrees C
Wind speed - F2-5 becoming F2-4
Wind direction - NW
Max gust in knots - 24 becoming 21
Sea state - Wavelets
Visibility - Good becoming Excellent

Sig weather -

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	This is a Met Office commissioned weather forecast for the inshore waters around the UK coast. Detailed weather and sea state forecasts, for the next 24 hours in 4 time periods, are available for 24 sailing areas around the coast. The data is sourced from the Met Office Mesoscale model and the UK Water Model. The file is updated twice daily at 0500 and 1700. The figure in milliBars for pressure is followed by R (Rising), F (Falling) or S (Steady).

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