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coastal reports and sea crossings forecast

Coastal Reports	at 5am, Wednesday 23 May 2012
Malin Head Automatic	South-Southeast, 10 Knots, Fair, 9 Miles, 1021, Rising slowly
Buoy M5	South-Southeast, 5 Knots, The visibility at Tuskar Lighthouse is 0.3 Miles, 1023, Steady, WAVE HT 1.4 m
Roche's Pt Automatic.	South-Southeast, 09 Knots, MIST, 4 Miles, 1021, Steady
Valentia	Southeast, 11 Knots, Gust 21 Knots, Cloudy, 12 Miles, 1018, Steady
Belmullet	Southeast, 12 Knots, Cloudy, 13 Miles, 1019, Steady
Dublin Airport	North, 01 Knot, Fog patches, 4 Miles, 1022, Rising slowly
Buoy M1 53o 8'N, 11o 12'W	NOT AVAILABLE,
Buoy M2 53o 29'N, 5o 26'W	South-Southeast, 7 Knots, WAVE HT 0.3 m, 1023, Rising slowly
Buoy M3 51o 13'N, 10o 33'W	NOT AVAILABLE,
Buoy M4 55o 0'N 10o 0'W	South-Southeast, 9 Knots, WAVE HT NOT AVAILABLE m, NOT AVAILABLE, NOT AVAILABLE
Buoy M5 51o 41'N 6o 42'W	South-Southeast, 5 Knots, WAVE HT 1.4 m, 1023, Steady
Buoy M6 53o 4'N 15o 56'W	East-Southeast, NOT AVAILABLE Knots, WAVE HT 02.8 m, 1009, Falling slowly
	Disclaimer: buoy locations are approximate and are not for navigational purposes
Sea Crossings	State of sea until 0600 Friday 25 May 2012
Dublin - Holyhead	Mostly moderate.
Rosslare - South Wales	Mostly moderate.
Cork - South Wales	Mostly moderate.
Rosslare - France	Mostly moderate.
Cork - France	Mostly moderate.

Sea Area Forecast until 0600 Thursday 24 May 2012 Issued at 0600 Wednesday 23 May 2012

Meteorological situation at 0600: A mild southerly airflow covers Ireland between a complex area of low pressure in the Atlantic/another low pressure system extending from Italy over to the Black Sea/the Azores high extending up to Spain and an anticyclone over Scandinavia. This Scandinavian anticyclone will drift a little southwards over the next few days steering a warmer and humid easterly airflow in over Ireland from the Continent.

Forecast for western and northern coastal waters from Valentia to Erris Head to Fair Head

Wind: South to southeast force 2 to 4.

Weather: Fair.

Visibility: good.

Forecast for eastern and southern coastal waters from Fair Head to Carnsore Point to Valentia and the Irish Sea

Wind: South to southeast force 2 to 4.

Weather: Patches of mist/fog/drizzle.

Visibility: Good, locally moderate or poor.

Warning of heavy swell: Nil

Outlook for a further 24 hours until 0600 Friday 25 May 2012: Light or moderate mainly. east to northeast breezes. Banks of sea fog in the east and south, elsewhere fair.

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