Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Tuesday 22 October 2024 until 00:00, Wednesday 23 October 2024
Small Craft Warning
1. Southwest to west winds will reach force 6 at times tonight (Monday) on Irish coasts from Rossan Point to Carlingford Lough to Mizen Head. 2. Southwest winds will reach force 6 from tomorrow evening (Tuesday) on Irish coasts from Loop Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head.
Gale Warning
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a fresh to strong southwest to west airflow between a depression of 974hPa, centered to the northeast of Iceland and an anticyclone of 1034hPa, centred over the Azores. As the anticyclone drifts northeastwards, the airflow will ease.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Mizen Head to Loop Head to Slyne Head
Wind: Westerly force 3 or 4, occasionally force 5. Later increasing southwest force 4 to 6.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with showers. Cloudy later with patchy light rain, drizzle and mist.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist, otherwise good.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Slyne Head to Bloody Foreland to Belfast Lough
Wind: West force 4 to 6, strongest in the north. Soon decreasing force 4 or 5. Later increasing southwest force 5 or 6.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with showers. Mostly cloudy later.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist, otherwise good.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Belfast Lough to Carnsore Point to Mizen Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Decreasing westerly force 3 or 4 imminent, occasionally force 5. Soon becoming westerly or variable force 2 to 4. Later southwesterly force 3 or 4.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with outbreaks of rain clearing to showers. Mist and fog possible later.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in showers, mist and fog, otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Thursday 24 October 2024
Moderate to fresh southwesterly winds in the south and east, fresh to strong and gusty elsewhere. Increasing near gale force in the west later Wednesday morning. Winds will back southerly Wednesday afternoon and increase strong to near gale force in all sea areas, with gale force winds developing Atlantic sea areas. Weather: Mostly cloudy with patchy rain, drizzle at times. Some mist and fog possible too. More persistent rain in Atlantic sea areas later.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Tuesday 22 October 2024
All times are local unless specified
