Réamhaisnéis limistear na farraige
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Saturday 04 July 2026 until 00:00, Sunday 05 July 2026
Small Craft Warning
Southwest winds will reach force 6 or higher overnight on Irish coasts from Loop Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head becoming confined to Irish coasts from Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Fair Head on Saturday afternoon.
Gale Warning
nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a moderate to fresh southwesterly airflow with an anticyclone of 1032hPa centred approximately 280 nautical miles southwest of Valentia. A waving warm front is slow-moving near the north coast.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Loop Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head
Wind: West to southwest force 4 to 6, imminent increasing force 5 or 6, occasionally force 7. Soon decreasing force 5 or 6. Later decreasing force 4 or 5, occasionally force 6.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with patchy light rain and drizzle and areas of mist and fog.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog. Otherwise good.
Forecast for Fair Head to Carnsore Point to Loop Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: West to southwest force 4 or 5. Imminent increasing force 5 or 6 on the North Irish Sea. Later decreasing force 3 to 5.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with occasional drizzle and mist.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist. Otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Monday 06 July 2026
Moderate to fresh west to southwest winds, increasing strong at times in the northwest during Sunday. Weather: Cloudy in the north and west with patchy light rain and drizzle and areas of mist and fog. Mainly cloudy to fair elsewhere.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Saturday 04 July 2026
All times are local unless specified
