General Situation
High pressure to the north of the United Kingdom extends a ridge
southwards across most areas
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
East or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northerly veering easterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
East veering southeast 3 or 4.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast veering east 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
East veering south or southeast 3 or 4.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
North or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at first.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Northeast veering east 3 or 4.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in south.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in south.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in east, but 7 in Strait of
Dover later.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in Strait of Dover.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in Strait of Dover at first.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
East or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
East or southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
East or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
East veering southeast 4 or 5.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Mainly east or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
East or northeast veering southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northerly veering southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5, becoming
variable 3 or less later.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Moderate or good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Variable 3 or less becoming southeast 3 or 4.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Great Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northerly veering southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5, becoming
variable 3 or less later.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Moderate or good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Variable 3 becoming southeast 3 or 4, occasionally.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight, occasionally moderate in west.
Isle of Man
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Variable or northeast 3 becoming east or southeast 4, perhaps 5 in
south, decreasing 3 later.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight, occasionally moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
East or southeast 3, becoming southeast 4 or 5 later.
Weather:
Fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight, becoming moderate later.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Variable 3 or 4 becoming southeast 4 or 5.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Southeast 4 or 5, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde
and the North Channel
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Variable 3 or less becoming mainly southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally
5 in west later.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Mainly southeasterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Variable 3 or less, becoming southeasterly 4 or 5.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Southeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Showers later.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Easterly or northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in north, becoming
variable 3 or 4 in south.
Weather:
Mainly fair.
Visibility:
Good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Easterly 5 or 6 in far north, otherwise variable 3 or 4.
Weather:
Showers later.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
Shetland Isles
Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Sunday 18 May 2008
24 hour forecast:
Wind:
Northerly 4 or 5.
Weather:
Showers.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Moderate, occasionally rough in east at first.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind:
Northerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Weather:
Showers.
Visibility:
Mainly good.
Sea State:
Slight or moderate.
