Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 06:00, Friday 05 June 2026 until 06:00, Saturday 06 June 2026
Small Craft Warning
Southerly winds backing southeasterly or easterly will reach force 6 or higher from Friday afternoon on Irish coasts from Belfast Lough to Roches Point to Erris Head.
Gale Warning
Southeasterly winds will reach gale force 8 at times on Friday evening and Friday night on Irish coastal waters from Carnsore Point to Roches Point to Loop Head, veering west to northwest later Friday night and becoming confined to Irish coastal waters from Roches Point to Mizen Head to Valentia.
Meteorological Situation at 03:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a weak transient ridge in a mostly moderate to fresh southwesterly airflow. Low pressure of 997hPa, lies approximately 500 nautical miles to the southwest of Ireland and will move up over the country tonight and tomorrow morning.
Gale Warning: In effect
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Belfast Lough to Howth Head to Carnsore Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Backing southerly force 4 or 5 imminent. Soon increasing force 5 or 6. Later backing southeasterly force 6 or 7.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with isolated showers. Later cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, heavy at times. Occasional mist.
Visibility: Mostly good, moderate in showers. Decreasing moderate to poor later.
Forecast for Carnsore Point to Mizen Head to Erris Head
Wind: Backing southerly force 4 or 5 imminent. Soon backing southeasterly and increasing force 4 to 6, force 7 or 8 in the southwest. Increasing east to southeast force 5 to 7 this evening and tonight, reaching gale force 8 in the southwest and south. Decreasing cyclonic variable force 3 to 5 for a time overnight, before becoming mostly west to northwest force 4 to 6 towards the end of the period, force 7 or gale force 8 in the southwest.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with scattered showers. Soon cloudy with rain and drizzle becoming widespread from the south-west later this afternoon and evening, heavy at times. Later occasional mist and fog.
Visibility: Mostly good for a time, moderate in showers. Soon and later decreasing moderate to poor.
Forecast for Erris Head to Malin Head to Belfast Lough
Wind: Decreasing south to southwest force 3 to 5 imminent. Soon southerly or variable force 2 to 4. Later backing easterly force 4 or 5.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with scattered showers. Later rain and drizzle.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate in showers. Later decreasing moderate to poor.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 06:00, Sunday 07 June 2026
Wind: Moderate to near gale force cyclonic variable winds, reaching gale force at times in the southwest and south. Decreasing mostly moderate to fresh by Saturday afternoon, still fresh to strong in the south. Becoming mostly westerly through Saturday afternoon and later south to southwesterly, increasing strong to near gale force in the southwest, west and northwest, elsewhere becoming moderate to fresh, but occasionally strong in the south and southeast. Weather: Rain and drizzle, heavy at first, along with occasional mist and isolated fog, clearing eastwards on Saturday morning and afternoon, with cloudy to fair weather following. Further rain moving in to the southwest, west and northwest from Saturday evening.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Friday 05 June 2026
All times are local unless specified
