Inshore Waters
Inshore Waters information supplied by the Met Office , external on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), external.
From:00:00 UTC Sunday 29 March
To:00:00 UTC Monday 30 March
Summary
A transient ridge extends across the United Kingdom early on Sunday morning, providing a brief spell of relatively settled weather. However, low pressure centred near Iceland will quickly drive outbreaks of rain and strengthening winds across the United Kingdom through the day. Strong winds will develop widely, with gales affecting many waters.
Issued:00:01 UTC Sunday 29 March
Strong winds warnings are in effect in the following locations:
- From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
- Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
- Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
- Whitby to Gibraltar Point
- Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
- North Foreland to Selsey Bill
- Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
- Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
- Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
- St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
- Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
- Isle of Man
- Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
- The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel
- Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
- The Minch
- Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides
- Shetland Isles
- For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland
- The Channel Islands
Issued:00:01 UTC Sunday 29 March
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: West 4 to 6, backing south or southwest 6 to gale 8, then veering west.
Sea State: To the north and west of Orkney, rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later, elsewhere slight or moderate, occasionally rough later.
Weather: Showers, then rain, then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
Sea State: To the north and west of Orkney, very rough or high, elsewhere slight or moderate, occasional rough in east.
Weather: Showers, squally until later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: West 4 or 5, backing southwest 6 to gale 8, then veering west later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in north.
Weather: Fair then rain, then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first, decreasing 4 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in north.
Weather: Showers, squally at first.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor at first.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: West 4 or 5, backing southwest 6 to gale 8, then veering west or northwest 5 to 7 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate.
Weather: Fair then occasional rain, then showers later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 6 or 7, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate at first.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: West or northwest 4 or 5, backing southwest 5 to 7, then veering west or northwest later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate.
Weather: Fair then occasional rain then showers later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 5 to 7, decreasing 3 to 5 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Westerly or northwesterly, backing southwesterly for a time, 4 to 6, occasionally 7 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate.
Weather: Fair then occasional rain, then showers later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: Westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in northeast.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Northwesterly 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4, then backing westerly or southwesterly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough later.
Weather: Occasional rain later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: Westerly 5 or 6, veering northwesterly 4 or 5.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first.
Weather: Occasional rain then showers.
Visibility: Good occasionally moderate.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Northwest 5 or 6, decreasing 3 or 4, then backing west or southwest 5 to 7.
Sea State: Slight or moderate becoming smooth or slight for a time, occasionally rough later.
Weather: Occasional rain later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West 5 or 6, veering northwest 4 or 5.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight later.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Northwest 3 to 5, backing west or southwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough west of prawle point.
Weather: Fair then occasional drizzle.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West 5 or 6, veering northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 3 later.
Sea State: Rough west of Lizard Point, otherwise slight or moderate, occasionally smooth in lyme bay.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Northwest 3 to 5, backing west or southwest 5 to 7, then veering northwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate becoming moderate or rough.
Weather: Showers then occasional rain later.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: Northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first.
Sea State: Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate later.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Westerly or northwesterly 3 to 5, backing southwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in north, veering westerly 5 or 6 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate becoming moderate or rough.
Weather: Fair then rain for a time.
Visibility: Good, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West 5 or 6, veering northwest 4 or 5, then backing west 2 to 4 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate, occasionally rough at first in south.
Weather: Mainly fair.
Visibility: Good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: West 4 or 5, backing southwest 6 to gale 8, veering west or northwest 5 to 7 later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate becoming moderate or rough.
Weather: Fair then rain then showers later.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 5 or 6, occasionally 7 at first, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Sea State: Moderate becoming slight later.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: West 4 or 5, backing southwest 6 to gale 8, then veering west or northwest 6 or 7.
Sea State: Slight or moderate becoming moderate or rough.
Weather: Rain for a time.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 6 or 7, decreasing 5 or 6, then 4 or 5 later.
Sea State: Moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate.
Weather: Fair.
Visibility: Good.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: West or southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8, veering west or northwest later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate at first in southeast, otherwise moderate or rough, becoming very rough or high in north.
Weather: Fair then rain then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first, backing west or southwest 3 to 5 later.
Sea State: Very rough or high until later in north, otherwise moderate or rough, becoming slight or moderate in southeast.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8, veering westerly or northwesterly later.
Sea State: Slight or moderate becoming moderate or rough in North Channel, occasionally very rough later near Mull of Kintyre.
Weather: Fair then rain then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: Westerly or northwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first, backing southwesterly 3 or 4 later.
Sea State: Moderate or rough in North Channel, occasionally very rough near Mull of Kintyre, elsewhere slight or moderate.
Weather: Squally showers.
Visibility: Good, occasionally poor.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Southwest 4 to 6, increasing 6 to gale 8, then veering west or northwest 7 to severe gale 9.
Sea State: Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough, becoming high in west.
Weather: Rain then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West or northwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first, backing west or southwest 3 to 5 later.
Sea State: Very rough or high, becoming rough or very rough in east and then later also in west.
Weather: Squally showers, then occasional rain later.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Southwest 5 or 6, increasing 7 to severe gale 9, then veering west or northwest 6 to gale 8.
Sea State: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough near entrances.
Weather: Rain then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: Northwest 6 to gale 8, backing southwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea State: Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough near entrances, becoming slight or moderate in central areas.
Weather: Squally showers, then occasional rain later.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Southwest 5 or 6, increasing 7 to severe gale 9, then veering west or northwest.
Sea State: Very rough or high.
Weather: Rain then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: Northwest 6 to gale 8, backing southwest 4 to 6 later.
Sea State: Very rough or high, occasionally very high later.
Weather: Squally showers, then occasional rain later.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Northwest 4 to 6, backing south or southwest 7 to severe gale 9, veering west 6 to gale 8 later.
Sea State: In sheltered east, moderate or rough, elsewhere rough or very rough, becoming very rough or high later.
Weather: Showers then rain, then squally showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
From:00:00 UTC Sunday 29 March
Until:12:00 UTC Sunday 29 March
Strong winds warning issued
General situation:
Complex area of low pressure moving slowly east over Iceland through Sunday extends an Atlantic trough Sunday morning, followed by a showery westerly airstream.Forecast:
Wind: Northwest 4 to 6 soon backing south or southwest 7 to severe gale 9.
Sea State: Very rough or high, but moderate or rough to the east of shetland.
Weather: Rain or showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook for 12 Hours from 1200 UTC on Sunday 29 Mar until 0000 UTC on Monday 30 Mar
Wind: Southwest veering west, 6 to gale 8.
Sea State: Rough or very rough, occasionally high in west.
Weather: Showers.
Visibility: Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Strong winds warning issued
24 hour forecast:
Wind: Northwest 4 to 5, decreasing 3 to 4 by dawn, backing west 4 to 5 by midday, increasing 5 to 6 with gusts to 35kt late afternoon, perhaps locally 7 mid-channel for a time.
Sea State: Slight, occasionally moderate, with a low swell, increasing rather rough to rough later.
Weather: Isolated light showers until mid-afternoon, then occasional rain or drizzle, clearing by midnight.
Visibility: Good or very good, occasionally moderate, mainly later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: West 5 to 6, veering northwest 4 to 5 by dawn, the north later.
Sea State: Rather rough to rough, decreasing slight to moderate with a low to moderate swell by late morning.
Weather: Fair or fine.
Visibility: Good or very good.
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