Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 12:00, Sunday 09 November 2025 until 12:00, Monday 10 November 2025
Small Craft Warning
South to southwest winds will reach force 6 at times tonight (Sunday night) and early tomorrow morning (Monday) on Irish coasts from Carlingford Lough to Carnsore Point to Roches Point.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
A complex area of low pressure with multiple centres in the North Atlantic, south of Greenland and Iceland, generates a mostly moderate to fresh or strong southwesterly airflow over Ireland.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Mizen Head to Slyne Head to Rossan Point
Wind: Decreasing southerly or variable force 2 or 3, imminent. Soon increasing mostly southeasterly force 3 or 4. Later becoming southerly and occasionally touching force 5.
Weather: Mostly fair with isolated showers. Cloud building from the south with outbreaks of rain moving north through the period. Mist and fog too.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation or mist and fog, otherwise good.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Rossan Point to Malin Head to Belfast Lough
Wind: Decreasing southwesterly force 3 or 4, imminent. Soon decreasing variable force 2 or 3. Later increasing cyclonic variable force 3 to 5 east of Bloody Foreland.
Weather: Fair with isolated showers. Soon becoming cloudy with outbreaks of rain later. Mist and fog too.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation or mist and fog, otherwise good.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Belfast Lough to Carnsore Point to Mizen Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Decreasing mostly southerly or variable force 2 or 3 imminent, but reaching force 4 or 5 locally in the north Irish Sea. Soon increasing mostly south to southwest force 4 or 5, occasionally touching force 6. Decreasing mostly force 3 or 4 by the end of the period, but still touching force 5 at times.
Weather: Mostly fair with isolated showers. Cloud building from the south with outbreaks of rain moving north through the period. Mist and fog too.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation or mist and fog, otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Tuesday 11 November 2025
Mostly moderate, occasionally fresh, southerly winds on Monday. Backing southeasterly and increasing strong to near gale force on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, and reaching gale force at times in the south and east on Tuesday morning. Weather: Starting off fair to cloudy with showers. Cloud spreading across the country from the southwest on Monday evening and night, followed by widespread rain.
Forecast issued at: 12:00, Sunday 09 November 2025
All times are local unless specified
