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FPUK70 EGRR 020245

From the Met Office. Issued at 0530 GMT on Tuesday 02 Oct 2007.


Here is the weather forecast for the inshore waters of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland valid for the following 18 hours.

General Situation: High pressure in the North Sea extends a ridge to
northern and central Britain. A weak frontal trough is slow moving
over southern England and Wales.

From Cape Wrath to Duncansby Head including Orkney.
Wind: southerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
mainly fair, with patchy rain in far west later.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate in far west later.

Shetland.
Wind: southerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5.
mainly fair.
Visibility: mainly good.

From Duncansby Head to Whitby.
Wind: mainly southerly 3 or 4, occasionally 5 in north.
mainly fair.
Visibility: good, occasionally moderate.

From Whitby to North Foreland.
Wind: east or southeast  3 or 4, occasionally 5 in south at first.
occasional rain or thundery showers in south.
Visibility: moderate or good.

From North Foreland to St. Catherine's Point.
Wind: east or northeast 2 or 3, occasionally 4.
occasional rain or thundery showers.
Visibility: moderate or good.

From St. Catherine's Point to Lands End.
Wind: east or northeast 2 or 3, occasionally 4, becoming variable 2
or 3 in southwest later.
occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good, occasionally poor in southwest.

From Lands End to Colwyn Bay.
Wind: east or southeast 2 or 3, occasionally 4, becoming variable 2
or 3 in southwest.
occasional rain.
Visibility: moderate or good, occasionally poor in far southwest.

From Colwyn Bay to Mull of Kintyre including Lough Foyle to
Carlingford Lough.
Wind: southeasterly mainly 3 or 4.
mainly fair, with patchy rain later in far northwest.
Visibility: moderate or good.

From Mull of Kintyre to Cape Wrath.
Wind: southerly, 3 or 4 in south, but in north 4 or 5, occasionally 6
in west.
mainly fair with occasional rain in north later.
Visibility: moderate or good.