Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 18:00, Friday 15 May 2026 until 18:00, Saturday 16 May 2026
Small Craft Warning
Northwesterly winds will reach force 6 at times tomorrow (Saturday) on Irish coasts from Roches Point to Valentia to Erris Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 15:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a mostly moderate or fresh west or northwest airflow with an anticyclone of 1033hPa, centred over the Azores, and a depression of 994hPa, centred in the North Sea. Frontal troughs associated with a depression of 995hPa, centred to the southeast of Greenland, are slowly approaching.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Carnsore Point to Valentia to Erris Head
Wind: West or northwest force 3 or 4, occasionally force 5. Soon increasing west or southwest mainly force 4 or 5. Later increasing westerly force 5 or 6 and gusty, occasionally force 4.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with patchy light rain, drizzle and mist. Rain in the west and southwest soon. Rain clearing eastwards later, becoming mostly fair with well scattered showers.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist.
Forecast for Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Fair Head
Wind: Northwesterly or variable force 2 to 4. Soon becoming southeasterly or variable. Later increasing westerly force 4 or 5. Occasionally force 6 towards the end of the period.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with patchy light rain, drizzle and mist. Cloudy with rain soon. Mostly fair with well scattered showers later.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist.
Forecast for Fair Head to Howth Head to Carnsore Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Decreasing northwesterly or variable force 3 to 5 imminent. Soon decreasing force 2 to 4. Later increasing southerly force 3 or 4, occasionally force 5.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with isolated showers. Cloudy with rain, drizzle and mist later.
Visibility: Mostly good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 18:00, Sunday 17 May 2026
Moderate to fresh, occasionally strong westerly winds extending to all areas Saturday evening. Winds in the north will decrease light to moderate cyclonic variable on Sunday, increasing fresh to strong southwest or west elsewhere. Weather: Rain in the east clearing as scattered showers follow from the west. Showery outbreaks of rain on Sunday with isolated thunderstorms possible.
Forecast issued at: 18:00, Friday 15 May 2026
All times are local unless specified
