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Inshore waters forecast

Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis

Issued at 05:00 on Wednesday 8 October 2014.

Low pressure will affect the United Kingdom during the next few days, maintaining unsettled and at times windy conditions.

24 hour forecast:

Wind South veering southwest 4 or 5, increasing 6 to gale 8.
Weather Thundery showers.
Visibility Moderate or good.
Sea state Moderate becoming rough.

Outlook for the following 24 hours:

Wind Southwest 6 to gale 8, veering west 4 or 5 later.
Weather Thundery showers.
Visibility Moderate or good.
Sea state Rough, occasionally very rough.

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Shipping forecast

General synopsis

Issued at midnight on Wednesday 8 October 2014.

Low just west of Shannon 976 expected Fastnet 983 by midnight tonight. Lows Cromarty and South Utsire both 987 losing their identities by same time. New low expected Forties 986 by that time

Gale warnings: South Utsire, Forties, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight, Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay, Fitzroy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall, Bailey, Faeroes, Southeast Iceland

Area forecast: Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Biscay

Wind South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 at times.
Weather Rain or thundery showers.
Visibility Moderate or good
Sea state Moderate or rough, becoming very rough in west Portland, Plymouth and northwest Biscay.

Wight forecast

Wind South or southwest 6 to gale 8, decreasing 4 at times.
Weather Rain or thundery showers.
Visibility Moderate or good.
Sea state Moderate or rough.

Last updated at 04:05 on Wednesday 8 October 2014

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