Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 06:00, Thursday 18 April 2024 until 06:00, Friday 19 April 2024
Small Craft Warning
(1) Westerly winds veering northwest will reach force 6 at times today and for a time tonight on coasts from Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Belfast Lough. (2) West to northwest winds will reach force 6 at times tonight and for a time tomorrow on coasts from Bloody Foreland to Fair Head to Carlingford Lough.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 03:00 UTC
High pressure of 1031hPa in the mid Atlantic remains slow moving. Weak frontal troughs will move down from the north today in a freshening west to northwest airflow.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Erris Head to Fair Head to Howth Head and for the north Irish Sea.
Wind: Westerly force 3 to 5. Increasing force 5 or 6 imminent and veering northwest later.
Weather: Patchy rain or drizzle.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Howth Head to Roches Point to Erris Head and for the south Irish Sea.
Wind: North to northwest force 3 or 4. Backing westerly imminent. Soon increasing west to northwest force 4 or 5, occasionally reaching force 6 in the south Irish Sea.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with occasional light rain or drizzle soon.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 06:00, Saturday 20 April 2024
Moderate to fresh or strong northwest winds, decreasing light to moderate northerly or variable later. Cloudy to fair with patchy drizzle dying out.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Thursday 18 April 2024
All times are local unless specified
