Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 12:00, Wednesday 20 May 2026 until 12:00, Thursday 21 May 2026
Small Craft Warning
Southerly winds will reach force 6 at times this evening (Wednesday), tonight and tomorrow (Thursday) on Irish coasts from Belfast Lough to Roches Point to Rossan Point.
Gale Warning
nil
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
Low pressure of 995hPa, centred approximately 265 nautical miles northwest of Malin Head, generates a moderate to fresh southwesterly airflow over Ireland.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Belfast Lough to Roches Point to Rossan Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: South to southwest force 4 or 5. Soon increasing southerly force 4 to 6.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with isolated showers. Becoming cloudy from the southwest imminent with rain, drizzle, mist and fog.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Forecast for Rossan Point to Malin Head to Belfast Lough
Wind: Southwest to west force 3 to 5. Soon becoming southerly. Later reaching force 6 at times between Rossan Point and Bloody Foreland.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with isolated showers. Becoming cloudy soon with rain, drizzle, mist and fog.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Friday 22 May 2026
Mostly moderate to strong southerly winds, decreasing moderate to fresh on Thursday evening. Weather: Mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle and patches of mist and fog.
Forecast issued at: 12:00, Wednesday 20 May 2026
All times are local unless specified
