Morning and welcome to today’s Ships Blog. Bit overcast today in the harbour but should be brighter tomorrow with more sunshine. However there is a bit of wind on the way for the next few days. Here is today’s met office forecast:
Shipping Forecast – Issued: 1030 UTC Wed 19 Mar**-
- Wind Southwest 5 to 7.
- Sea State Moderate or rough.
- Weather Fair.
- Visibility Moderate or good
- Gibraltar Point to North Foreland Strong winds are forecastFor coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore from 1200 UTC Wed 19 Mar until 1200 UTC Thu 20 Mar
- 24 hour forecast:
- Wind Southwesterly backing southerly later, 5 to 7.
- Sea State Slight or moderate.
- Weather Fair.
- Visibility Moderate or good.
- Wind Southerly veering southwesterly 5 to 7, increasing gale 8 for a time.
- Sea State Slight or moderate, becoming moderate or rough for a time.
- Weather Rain for a time.
- Visibility Good, becoming moderate, occasionally poor for a time.
- Other news around the marina. We had our first Dutch visitor for 2014 arrive late last night having crossed the North Sea from Harlingen. ‘West Wind’ from the De Zeezeiler Sea school is a regular visitor during the year here at Shotley. Also launched today by Andy and Craig was the Harwich Harbour Foot Ferry. Recently we have had the injection dredger ‘Odin’ working in the entrance channel approaching the marina to ensure we maintain the depth at 2m below Chart Datum.
Outlook for the following 24 hours: