Inshore Waters
Valid
From: Mon 24th Jan at 06:00 UTC
To: Tue 25th Jan at 06:00 UTC
Summary
High pressure over the Continent will bring strong winds and some gales at first to northern waters, but light winds expected elsewhere. The high will move west over England later on Monday with the strong winds easing off. The high will sink south on Tuesday with further strong winds across the northern waters.
Issued at: 06:00 UTC on 24th Jan
Regions
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southwesterly 5 or 6 at first in southeast, otherwise northwesterly 4 or 5, becoming variable 4 or less, then southerly 3 or 4.
Sea State
Slight or moderate becoming smooth or slight, but rough or very rough becoming moderate or rough in northwest.
Weather
Occasional rain.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southerly 3 or 4, veering westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7.
Sea State
Smooth or slight becoming slight or moderate, but moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough in northwest.
Weather
Occasional rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southwest 4 to 6, becoming variable 4 or less, then southwest 3 to 5.
Sea State
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate at first in northeast.
Weather
Occasional rain in north.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate in north.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 3 to 5, increasing 5 or 6, veering west 4 or 5 later.
Sea State
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate later in northeast.
Weather
Occasional rain.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
West or southwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Sea State
Smooth or slight.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
West or southwest 3 or 4 increasing 4 to 6.
Sea State
Smooth or slight.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southwest 2 or 3.
Sea State
Smooth.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 2 or 3, veering west 4 or 5.
Sea State
Smooth, becoming slight later.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Variable 3 or less.
Sea State
Smooth.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Variable 3 or less, becoming westerly 3 or 4.
Sea State
Smooth, becoming slight later in northeast.
Weather
Occasional drizzle.
Visibility
Good, occasionally poor.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Easterly or southeasterly 2 to 4, backing northeasterly 2 or 3.
Sea State
Smooth, occasionally slight in southwest.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Northeasterly 2 or 3 becoming variable 2 or less, then northwesterly 3 or 4 later.
Sea State
Smooth.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
East 3 or 4, backing northeast later.
Sea State
Slight, becoming smooth later.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Northeast 3 or 4 becoming variable 2 or less, then northwest 2 to 4 later.
Sea State
Smooth.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
East 3 or 4 becoming variable 3 or less.
Sea State
Moderate in west, otherwise slight becoming smooth or slight.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Variable 3 or less.
Sea State
Smooth or slight, but moderate in west.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
East or southeast 2 to 4, becoming variable 3 or less later.
Sea State
Smooth or slight, but moderate in southwest.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Variable 3 or less.
Sea State
Smooth or slight, but moderate in southwest.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southeast 2 to 4, becoming variable 3 or less.
Sea State
Smooth or slight.
Weather
Fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Variable 3 or less becoming west or southwest 2 to 4.
Sea State
Smooth, occasionally slight in southwest and later in north.
Weather
Occasional drizzle.
Visibility
Moderate or good.
Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South or southeast 2 to 4.
Sea State
Smooth or slight becoming smooth.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
South or southeast 2 or 3 veering west 3 to 5.
Sea State
Smooth becoming slight.
Weather
Occasional drizzle.
Visibility
Moderate or good.
Isle of Man
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southwest 4 backing southeast, veering southwest later, 2 or 3.
Sea State
Slight becoming smooth.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 2 or 3 increasing 4, veering west 4 or 5.
Sea State
Smooth, becoming slight.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
South 4 or 5 veering southwest 3 or 4.
Sea State
Moderate in northwest, otherwise slight becoming smooth or slight.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwest 3 or 4 veering west 4 or 5.
Sea State
Moderate in northwest, otherwise smooth or slight.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southerly 4 or 5 veering southwesterly 3 or 4.
Sea State
Slight, occasionally moderate near Mull of Kintyre, becoming smooth or slight.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 3 or 4 increasing 4 or 5.
Sea State
Smooth or slight.
Weather
Mainly fair.
Visibility
Good.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southwesterly 3 to 5, but 6 at first in northwest.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough, but in southeast, slight or moderate becoming smooth or slight.
Weather
Occasional rain.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 3 to 5, increasing 6 in northwest, veering westerly 4 or 5 for a time.
Sea State
Smooth or slight in southeast, otherwise moderate or rough.
Weather
Occasional rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
The Minch
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southwesterly 5 or 6 at first in southeast, otherwise northwesterly 4, becoming variable 3 or less, then southwesterly 4 or 5.
Sea State
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in north and south and smooth in central areas.
Weather
Occasional rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 4 to 6.
Sea State
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough later in north.
Weather
Occasional rain then showers, fair later.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
Southwesterly 5 or 6 at first in southeast, otherwise northwesterly 4, becoming variable 3 or less, then southwesterly 4 or 5.
Sea State
Rough or very rough, becoming rough, but moderate later in southeast.
Weather
Occasional rain or showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
Southwesterly 4 to 6.
Sea State
Rough, but moderate in southeast, becoming very rough later in north.
Weather
Occasional rain then showers, fair later.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Shetland Isles
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
West 4 to 6, veering northwest 3 or 4, backing southwest later.
Sea State
In east, moderate or rough becoming slight or moderate, otherwise very rough becoming rough.
Weather
Rain then showers.
Visibility
Good, occasionally moderate at first.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland
Back to TopValid Monday 24 Jan 2022 at 0600 UTC until Monday 24 Jan 2022 at 1800 UTC
General situation:
A cold front will move southeast over Shetland Waters early on Monday then a ridge of high pressure will build north over the area later.
Forecast:
Wind
Southwesterly 6 or 7 in far southeast at first, otherwise westerly 5 or 6 veering northwesterly 4 or 5
Sea State
Rough or very rough, but slight or moderate in well sheltered waters east of shetland
Weather
Rain then showers
Visibility
Moderate or good
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1800 UTC on Monday 24 Jan until 0600 UTC on Tuesday 25 Jan:
Wind
Northwest backing southwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first
Sea State
Rough or very rough, but slight or moderate in well sheltered waters east of shetland
Weather
Showers
Visibility
Mainly good
The Channel Islands
Back to Top24 hour forecast:
Wind
East to southeast 2 to 4.
Sea State
Smooth or slight with a low swell.
Weather
A risk of mist and fog patches this morning and again from evening, mainly near the french coast, perhaps drifting offshore later.
Visibility
Good, perhaps locally poor to very poor at times.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind
East to southeast 2 to 3, locally 4 at first, becoming variable or northerly 1 to 3 Tuesday afternoon.
Sea State
Smooth, locally slight, with a low swell.
Weather
Risk of mist and fog patches.
Visibility
Moderate to good, perhaps locally poor or very poor at times.
Inshore Waters information supplied by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
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