General Situation at 1800 on Sat 07 Nov 2009
A complex area of low pressure will move southeastwards across southwestern United Kingdom overnight and away into France on Sunday.
Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
24 hour forecast:
Variable 3 or 4.
Slight or moderate, but rough or very rough in north.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Variable 3 or 4, becoming southerly or southeasterly 5 to 7.
Slight or moderate, but rough at first in north.
Showers then fair.
Good.
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
24 hour forecast:
Variable becoming mainly northerly 3 or 4.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northerly veering southerly 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 later.
Slight or moderate.
Mainly fair.
Good.
Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
24 hour forecast:
Southerly backing northerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Slight.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northerly veering southeasterly 3 or 4.
Slight or moderate.
Showers then fair.
Good.
Whitby to Gibraltar Point
24 hour forecast:
Southerly backing northerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
Slight.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5, veering southeasterly later.
Slight or moderate.
Showers then fair.
Good.
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southerly backing northeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times in south.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Good.
Outlook:
Northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at times in south, becoming variable 3.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Good.
North Foreland to Selsey Bill - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southerly backing northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6.
Mainly moderate.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northerly or northeasterly 5 or 6, becoming variable 3.
Moderate.
Showers then fair.
Good.
Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southwest becoming cyclonic then north, 5 to 7, decreasing 4 for a time.
Moderate occasionally rough.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
North 5 to 7, decreasing 3 or 4, backing northwest later.
Slight or moderate.
Showers then fair.
Mainly good.
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 in west, veering northerly 5 or 6 later.
Moderate or rough, but very rough or high in far west.
Squally showers.
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
Northerly 5 or 6, becoming variable then southerly 3 or 4.
Moderate to rough, but very rough in west at first.
Showers, rain later.
Mainly good.
Lands End to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Northwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 in west, veering northerly 5 or 6 later.
Rough or very rough, occasionally high in far southwest.
Squally showers.
Good, occasionally poor.
Outlook:
Northerly 5 or 6, becoming variable then southerly 3 or 4.
Very rough in far southwest at first, otherwise moderate or rough.
Showers, rain later.
Good.
St Davids Head to Great Ormes Head including St Georges Channel - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southwesterly, becoming cyclonic then northerly, 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in far south, decreasing 3 or 4 later.
Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in far south.
Squally showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northerly 5 or 6, becoming variable then southerly 3 or 4.
Slight, occasionally moderate at first in far south.
Showers, rain later.
Good.
Great Ormes Head to Mull of Galloway - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
Southeasterly backing northeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times, decreasing 3 later.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northerly becoming variable then southerly 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 in north later.
Slight or moderate.
Rain later.
Good.
Isle of Man
24 hour forecast:
North or northeast 3 or 4 occasionally 5.
Slight or moderate.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northerly becoming variable then southerly 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 later.
Slight or moderate.
Showers, rain later.
Good.
Lough Foyle to Carlingford Lough
24 hour forecast:
Mainly northerly 4 or 5, becoming cyclonic, then southeasterly later.
Rough or very rough in north, moderate in east.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Northerly backing southerly 3 or 4, increasing 5 or 6 later.
Rough in north, slight or moderate in east.
Showers, rain later.
Good.
The Mull of Galloway to Mull of Kintyre including Firth of Clyde
24 hour forecast:
Northeasterly backing northerly 4 or 5, becoming variable 3 later.
Slight or moderate, but rough, occasionally very rough in northwest.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Variable becoming southeasterly 3 or 4, increasing 5 to 7.
Slight or moderate in south, rough in north.
Showers, rain later.
Good becoming moderate later.
Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
24 hour forecast:
Northerly or northeasterly 4 or 5, becoming cyclonic, then southeasterly later.
Rough or very rough, occasionally high in west.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Southerly or southeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 5 to 7.
Rough or very rough, becoming moderate or rough.
Showers, rain later.
Good, becoming moderate later.
Ardnamurchan Point to Cape Wrath excluding The Minch
24 hour forecast:
Northerly 4 or 5, becoming variable 3, then southeasterly 4 or 5 later.
High at first in south, otherwise rough or very rough.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Southerly or southeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8.
Rough or very rough, occasionally moderate later.
Showers, rain later.
Good, becoming moderate later.
The Minch
24 hour forecast:
Northerly 4 or 5, becoming variable 3, then southeasterly 4 or 5 later.
Slight or moderate, becoming rough or very rough in far south.
Showers.
Moderate or good.
Outlook:
Southerly or southeasterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8.
Slight or moderate, but rough at times in far north and far south.
Showers, rain later.
Good, becoming moderate later.
The Channel Islands - Strong winds are forecast
24 hour forecast:
West 5 or 6 locally 7 with gusts to 40kt, veering northwest overnight then north around dawn tomorrow.
Rough locally very rough overnight.
Rain or hail showers, perhaps prolonged for a time this evening risk of thunder.
Good except in showers.
Outlook:
North 5 or 6 with gusts to 40kt, soon decreasing 4 to 5 then 1 to 3 during Monday morning, becoming south later.
Rather rough or rough becoming slight with swell.
Occasional rain or hail showers dying out.
Good except in showers.
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