General Situation at 0000 on Sun 22 Nov 2009
A deep area of low pressure in the Atlantic will bring gales and possibly storms to many parts of the United Kingdom.
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southeasterly, becoming cyclonic later, 5 to 7, decreasing 4 at times.
Moderate or rough, but slight in Moray Firth.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
Cyclonic 4 or 5, becoming west 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 at times.
Moderate or rough, but slight in Moray Firth.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times, veering southwest 6 to gale 8 later, perhaps severe gale 9 later.
Moderate or rough.
Rain then squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
Southwest 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 5 to 7.
Moderate or rough.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South 5 to 7, veering southwest 7 or gale 8 later.
Moderate.
Rain then squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
Southwest 7 or 8, perhaps severe gale 9 at times, decreasing 5 to 7.
Moderate or rough.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South 5 to 7, veering southwest 7 or gale 8 later.
Moderate.
Rain then squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
Southwest 7 or gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 for a time, veering west 5 or 6 later.
Moderate.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southerly 5 to 7 veering southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, perhaps storm 10 later in south.
Moderate or rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
Southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, perhaps storm 10 at times in south, decreasing 5 to 7 later.
Moderate or rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate or good, occasionally poor.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southerly or southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, increasing storm 10 at times, occasionally 6 at first.
Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Mainly moderate.
Outlook:
Southwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, perhaps storm 10 in east, veering westerly 5 to 7 later.
Rough or very rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Mainly moderate, occasionally poor.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 or storm 10 for a time.
Moderate or rough becoming rough or very rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or southwest 7 or gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, decreasing 5 to 7 later.
Rough or very rough.
Squally showers, rain later.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southwest 7 to severe gale 9.
Rough or very rough becoming very rough or high, but becoming very high west of the Lizard peninsula later.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or southwest 7 or gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, decreasing 5 to 7 later.
Rough or very rough, occasionally high, but very high at first west of the Lizard peninsula.
Squally showers, rain later.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times.
Rough or very rough becoming very rough or high, but becoming very high in far southwest later.
Squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or southwest 7 or gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, decreasing 5 to 7 later.
Very rough or high, but very high at first in far southwest.
Squally showers, rain later.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head including St Georges Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times.
Rough or very rough, becoming high in far south.
Squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, decreasing 5 or 6 later.
Rough or very rough, but high at first in far south.
Squally showers, fair later.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Great Ormes Head to Mull of Galloway - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South or southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times.
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, decreasing 5 or 6 later.
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough.
Squally showers, fair later.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Isle of Man - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 at times, veering southwest later.
Rough becoming very rough.
Squally showers.
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or southwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first, decreasing 5 later.
Rough or very rough, becoming moderate later.
Squally showers.
Good, occasionally poor.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South veering west 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally 6 at first.
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or northwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 later.
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in north.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including Firth of Clyde - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South veering west 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally 6 at first.
Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough in North Channel.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or northwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 5 or 6 later.
Moderate or rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South or southeast, becoming cyclonic then west or northwest later, 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 5 or 6 at times.
Rough becoming very rough, occasionally high later.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or northwest 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 at times.
Very rough or high, becoming moderate or rough later.
Rain or squally showers.
Mainly moderate, occasionally poor.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath excluding The Minch - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South or southeast 6 to gale 8, backing north then northwest 5 or 6 later, occasionally 4 later.
Moderate or rough becoming very rough or high.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or northwest 5 or 6, occasionally 4 at first, occasionally 7 later.
Very rough or high becoming rough or very rough.
Rain or squally showers.
Mainly moderate, occasionally poor.
The Minch - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South or southeast 6 to gale 8, backing north then northwest 5 or 6 later, occasionally 4 later.
Slight or moderate, becoming rough for a time in far south.
Rain or squally showers.
Moderate, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
West or northwest 5 or 6, occasionally 4 at first, occasionally 7 later.
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in far north and far south.
Rain or squally showers.
Mainly moderate, occasionally poor.
The Channel Islands - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
South to southwest 7 to gale 8, locally severe gale 9 for a time after dawn, veering southwest to west by noon.
Rough becoming very rough, locally high in the north.
Fair intervals and occasional squally showers, prolonged for a time in the morning, risk of thunder.
Good except in showers.
Outlook:
Southwest to west 6 to gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 at first.
Very rough, locally high in the north at first.
Showers then more general rain.
Moderate to good, locally poor.
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