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Shipping forecast
AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE,
ON BEHALF OF THE MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY, AT 1725
UTC ON SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2012 FOR THE PERIOD 1800 UTC
SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY TO 1800 UTC SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2012
THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDDAY
NEW HIGH EXPECTED SOLE 1039 BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. HIGH JUST
WEST OF ROCKALL 1037 SLOW MOVING WITH LITTLE CHANGE BY
SAME TIME. LOW MALIN 1031 LOSING ITS IDENTITY
THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
VIKING
NORTHWEST BACKING WEST 4 OR 5. MODERATE OR ROUGH.
OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD
NORTH UTSIRE
CYCLONIC 4 OR 5 BECOMING VARIABLE 4. MODERATE OR ROUGH.
OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR POOR, BECOMING GOOD
SOUTH UTSIRE EAST FORTIES
SOUTHWESTERLY VEERING NORTHWESTERLY 5 OR 6. MODERATE.
OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR POOR, BECOMING GOOD
WEST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH TYNE DOGGER
WESTERLY OR NORTHWESTERLY, 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE.
OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR
FISHER GERMAN BIGHT
SOUTHWEST VEERING NORTHWEST 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6.
SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SNOW THEN RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD,
OCCASIONALLY POOR
HUMBER
SOUTHWEST VEERING NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE.
OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SNOW. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY
POOR
THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH
NORTHEASTERLY BACKING NORTHERLY 4 OR 5. SLIGHT OR
MODERATE. RAIN OR SNOW FOR A TIME. MODERATE OR GOOD,
OCCASIONALLY POOR
BISCAY
NORTHEAST 5 OR 6. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS. GOOD
SOUTH FITZROY
NORTHEASTERLY 5 TO 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SHOWERS. GOOD
NORTH FITZROY
MAINLY EASTERLY 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 IN WEST. MODERATE
OR ROUGH. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD
SOLE
SOUTHEAST BECOMING VARIABLE, 3 OR 4. MODERATE. OCCASIONAL
RAIN. GOOD
LUNDY FASTNET IRISH SEA
SOUTH 4 OR 5 BECOMING VARIABLE THEN NORTHWEST, 3 OR 4.
SLIGHT OR MODERATE. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD,
OCCASIONALLY POOR
SHANNON
VARIABLE 4. MODERATE OR ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN. GOOD
SOUTHEAST ROCKALL
NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY 4 OR 5, BECOMING VARIABLE 3.
MODERATE OR ROUGH. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD
NORTHWEST ROCKALL
VARIABLE 3 OR 4 BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY 5 OR 6. MODERATE
OR ROUGH. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD
MALIN SOUTH HEBRIDES
NORTHEASTERLY BECOMING VARIABLE THEN SOUTHWESTERLY, 3 OR
4. MODERATE. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD
NORTH HEBRIDES SOUTH BAILEY
VARIABLE 4 BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY 5 TO 7. MODERATE OR
ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD
NORTH BAILEY
SOUTHWESTERLY 4 INCREASING 6 OR 7, PERHAPS GALE 8 LATER.
MODERATE OR ROUGH, BECOMING VERY ROUGH IN NORTHWEST.
RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR
SOUTHEAST FAIR ISLE
NORTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5 BACKING WESTERLY 5 OR 6. SLIGHT OR
MODERATE. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY
POOR
NORTHWEST FAIR ISLE FAEROES SOUTHEAST ICELAND
NORTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5 BACKING WESTERLY 6 OR 7, PERHAPS
GALE 8 LATER EXCEPT FAIR ISLE. MODERATE OR ROUGH,
BECOMING VERY ROUGH IN SOUTHEAST ICELAND. OCCASIONAL
RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD
Inshore Forecast
Issued by the Met Office at 1700 UTC on Saturday 11 February 2012
Ser. No. 50
Inshore Waters Forecast to 12 miles offshore
for the period 1800 UTC Saturday 11 February to 1800 UTC Sunday 12 February 2012
General Situation
As the main centre of high pressure gradually transfers out into mid Atlantic, weakening fronts will move southeastwards across all areas.
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney - (SWW)
24 hour forecast:
Northwesterly 3 or 4 backing southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 in north later.
Moderate in north, otherwise smooth or slight.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Southwesterly veering northwesterly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later in far northeast.
In north, moderate becoming rough or very rough, elsewhere, smooth or slight becoming slight or moderate.
Rain for a time.
Moderate or good.
Rattray Head to Berwick upon Tweed
24 hour forecast:
Mainly westerly or northwesterly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in north.
Slight.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in south.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West or northwest 4 or 5 increasing 5 or 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Rain for a time.
Moderate or poor.
Berwick upon Tweed to Whitby
24 hour forecast:
West or northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Smooth or slight.
Mainly fair.
Moderate or poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
West or northwest 4 or 5, increasing 5 or 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain for a time but mainly fair.
Moderate or poor.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
24 hour forecast:
Southwest veering northwest 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight.
Occasional rain or sleet for a time.
Moderate or poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle but mainly fair.
Moderate or poor.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or less, becoming northwest 4 or 5.
Smooth or slight.
Occasional rain or snow for a time.
Moderate or good, becoming moderate or poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 4 or 5 increasing 5 or 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle.
Moderate or poor.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill
24 hour forecast:
Northeast backing north or northwest, 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 later.
Smooth or slight.
Occasional rain or snow for a time.
Moderate or good, becoming moderate or poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 4 or 5.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or sleet at first.
Moderate or poor.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
24 hour forecast:
East or northeast backing north 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 later.
Smooth or slight.
Occasional rain or drizzle for a time.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in east later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle in east for a time.
Moderate or good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
24 hour forecast:
East or southeast backing north 3 or 4, then northwest 4 or 5 later.
Smooth or slight, but moderate in far west at first.
Occasional drizzle for a time.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 4 or 5 increasing 5 or 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle for a time.
Moderate or good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or less at times in east, otherwise mainly easterly or southeasterly, backing northerly or northwesterly, 3 or 4.
Smooth or slight, but moderate in far west at first.
Occasional rain or drizzle for a time.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor in east later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwesterly 3 or 4, increasing 4 or 5 in east and 5 or 6 in west.
Smooth or slight in east, slight or moderate in west.
Occasional rain or drizzle but mainly fair.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
St Davids Head to Great Orme Head, including St Georges Channel
24 hour forecast:
South 4 or 5 decreasing 3 or 4, becoming variable or northwest later.
Slight or moderate, becoming smooth or slight.
Occasional rain or drizzle but mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Great Orme Head to the Mull of Galloway
24 hour forecast:
South or southeast 4 or 5 becoming variable or northwest 3 or less.
Smooth or slight.
Occasional rain or drizzle but mainly fair.
Moderate or poor.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Variable 3 or less becoming northwest 5 or 6.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first.
Isle of Man
24 hour forecast:
South veering northwest 3 or 4.
Slight.
Occasional rain or drizzle, mainly fair later.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 or 6, occasionally 7 later.
Slight becoming mainly moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southeasterly 4 or 5 in south at first, otherwise variable, becoming mainly northwesterly later, 2 or 3, occasionally 4.
Smooth or slight, occasionally moderate in far northwest.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7.
Moderate or rough in north, in south, smooth or slight becoming slight or moderate.
Occasional rain or drizzle but mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and North Channel
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southeasterly becoming variable, then northwesterly later, 2 or 3, occasionally 4.
Smooth or slight.
Occasional rain in south at first.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7.
Smooth or slight, becoming moderate or rough.
Occasional rain or drizzle but mainly fair.
Moderate or good.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
24 hour forecast:
Variable becoming northwest, 2 or 3, occasionally 4.
Smooth in shelter, otherwise slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Northwest 3 or 4 increasing 5 to 7.
Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough.
Occasional rain or drizzle.
Moderate or good.
The Minch
24 hour forecast:
Variable, but mainly northerly or northeasterly at first, 2 or 3, occasionally 4, backing southwesterly 4 or 5 later.
Smooth or slight, but moderate in far north.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Southwest veering northwest 5 to 7.
Smooth or slight, becoming slight or moderate, but in far north, moderate becoming rough or very rough.
Occasional rain for a time.
Moderate or good.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath - (SWW)
24 hour forecast:
Variable, but mainly northerly or northeasterly at first, 2 or 3, occasionally 4, backing southwesterly 4 or 5 later, increasing 6 in far north.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Southwest veering northwest 5 to 7.
Slight or moderate, becoming rough or very rough.
Occasional rain for a time.
Moderate or good.
For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland
Valid Saturday 11 Feb 2012 at 1800 UTC until Sunday 12 Feb 2012 at 0600 UTC
Shetland Isles
General Situation
The northwesterly airflow will become westerly on Sunday as a ridge of high pressure topples across Shetland from the west.
Gale Warnings in operation for Sea Area Fair Isle: Nil
Northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 3 close to Shetland coast and in west later.
Mostly rough in northwest, moderate in southeast, but slight close to east Shetland.
Isolated showers.
Mostly good.
Outlook for 12 Hours from 0600 UTC on Sunday 12 Feb until 1800 UTC on Sunday 12 Feb:
Northwest 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in east backing west or southwest 5 or 6, but occasionally 7 in west later.
Mostly moderate, but rough in northwest at first and again later.
Mainly fair, occasional rain in northwest later.
Good occasionally moderate in northwest later.
Channel Islands
24 hour forecast:
North to northeast 3 to 4, locally 5 for a time overnight.
Slight, locally moderate.
Patchy light rain by dawn.
Good, locally moderate later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
North 3 to 4, locally 5 at first backing northwest during afternoon.
Slight to moderate, with a low swell.
Occasional rain.
Good, locally moderate.
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Severe Weather Warnings
NATIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WARNING SERVICE
Warning
- Ice
A Warning has been issued for the following regions
- North West England (Amber)
- North East England (Amber)
- Yorkshire & Humber (Amber)
Rain will move southeastwards from Scotland into England early on Thursday. This will fall onto very cold surfaces, such as roads, and will freeze instantly, forming a layer of ice. The public should be prepared for extremely hazardous driving conditions, particularly on routes over high ground and where roads are untreated.
Issued by the Met Office at 22:26 on Wednesday, 8th February 2012
Updated by the Met Office at 22:26 on Wednesday, 8th February 2012
Valid from 05:00 on Thursday, 9th February 2012
until 12:00 on Thursday, 9th February 2012
For more details please go to:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html
For enquiries regarding this warning -
please contact the Met Office Weather Desk
- Phone: 0870 900 0100
- Fax : 0870 900 5050
- Email: enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk
