General Situation
An anticyclone near Iceland will maintain a ridge of high pressure across western areas of the United
Kingdom while a shallow low in the northern North Sea moves slowly southwards
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east, decreasing 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North backing west or northwest, 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough, becoming slight.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Good.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North 5 or 6 decreasing 4 or 5.
Sea State:
Moderate, occasionally rough later.
Weather:
Showers.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast, backing west, 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Good.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 or 6.
Sea State:
Moderate becoming rough.
Weather:
Showers.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North 5 or 6 backing northwest 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 to 7.
Sea State:
Moderate, occasionally rough later.
Weather:
Showers.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 or 6, decreasing 4 or 5.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 to 7.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 to 7.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 to 7.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers in east otherwise mainly fair.
Visibility:
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in east.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 to 7.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers mainly in east.
Visibility:
Good, occasionally poor in east.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 to 7, decreasing 4 or 5 later.
Sea State:
Slight near shore, otherwise moderate or rough.
Weather:
Occasional rain then fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 or 6.
Sea State:
Slight near shore, otherwise moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers.
Visibility:
Good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 to 7, decreasing 4.
Sea State:
Slight near shore in east, otherwise moderate or rough, but rough or very rough in far west.
Weather:
Showers.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 near headlands.
Sea State:
Slight near shore in east, otherwise moderate or rough.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northerly or northeasterly, in east 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4, in west 5 or 6 decreasing 4.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough in west, slight in Bristol Channel.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Northeast 4 or 5.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough, but slight in Bristol Channel.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 5 or 6 decreasing 4 or 5.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in south at first.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Isle of Man
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Weather:
Showers.
Visibility:
Moderate or good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Slight.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5.
Sea State:
Smooth or slight, but moderate in north.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Mainly slight, but moderate in north.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5.
Sea State:
Smooth or slight.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Mainly slight.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5.
Sea State:
Moderate, occasionally rough in north.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5 becoming variable 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Moderate, occasionally rough in northwest at first, decreasing slight.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast backing west or northwest, 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Moderate or rough.
Weather:
Wintry showers in north.
Visibility:
Good.
The Minch
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Sea State:
Smooth with shelter, otherwise slight or moderate.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North or northeast backing west or northwest, 3 or 4.
Sea State:
Smooth with shelter, otherwise slight or moderate.
Weather:
Wintry showers in north.
Visibility:
Good.
The Channel Islands
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Tuesday 09 February 2010
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northeast to north 5 to 6, backing north after midnight and decreasing 4 to 5.
Sea State:
Moderate to rather rough, locally rough in the north and west for a time.
Weather:
Isolated wintry showers.
Visibility:
Moderate to good except in showers.
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Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
North 4 to 5, increasing 5 to 6 by afternoon, then veering northeast by evening.
Sea State:
Moderate to rather rough with a swell, locally rough.
Weather:
Isolated wintry showers becoming scattered by evening.
Visibility:
Moderate to good except in showers.
