Forecast valid from: 00:00, Thursday 23 October 2025 until 00:00, Friday 24 October 2025
North to northwest winds will reach force 6 or higher overnight on coasts from Carnsore Pt to Valentia to Rossan Pt extending to all Irish coasts on Thursday morning and becoming northwesterly, becoming westerly in the evening.
Ireland lies in a slack northeasterly or cyclonic variable air-flow between a depression of 982 hPa over northwest France and a depression of 973 hPa near the Faroe Islands. A frontal trough stretching from Ulster to Munster moves slowly eastwards
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Wind: North to northeast fore 2 to 4, becoming northerly force 4 or 5 imminent, soon increasing north to northwest fore 5 to 7, strongest south of Howth Head, later decreasing northwesterly force 5 or 6 and becoming westerly in the late evening.
Weather: Rain developing overnight ,clearing to the southeast on Thursday morning. Showers following later
Visibility: Moderate or poor in rain or showers, otherwise good.
Wind: Variable or north to northwest force 3 to 5 at first, increasing north to northwest fore 6 or 7 and gusty imminent, soon decreasing northwest force 5 or 6 and gusty, later becoming west to northwest.
Weather: Rain overnight ,clearing to the southeast on Thursday morning with showers following.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in rain or showers, otherwise good.
Wind: Northerly fore 4 to 6, becoming north to northwest force 5 to 7 and gusty imminent, strongest south of Erris Head, soon becoming northwesterly, later increasing westerly fore 6 or 7 and gusty and occasionally reaching gale force 8 towards the end of the period near Erris Head.
Weather: Occasional showers
Visibility: Moderate or poor in showers, otherwise good.
Fresh to gale fore westerly winds, strongest on western coasts, becoming cyclonic variable force a time, becoming fresh to near gale froe northerly on Friday, strongest in the west and northwest. Occasional showers.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Thursday 23 October 2025
All times are local unless specified