Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 06:00, Friday 19 April 2024 until 06:00, Saturday 20 April 2024
Small Craft Warning
West to northwest winds will reach force 6 for a time this morning on Irish coasts from Bloody Foreland to Fair Head to Carlingford Lough.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 03:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a fresh to strong northwesterly airflow between an anticyclone of 1028hPa centred approximately 270nm the west of Loop Head and a depression of 1002hPa centred over the North Sea. High pressure will build over Ireland within the forecast period.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Malin Head to Strangford Lough to Wicklow Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Northwest force 5 or 6, decreasing northwest to north force 3 or 4 soon. Becoming northerly or variable force 3 or less by this time tomorrow.
Weather: Cloudy improving fair later.
Visibility: Moderate, improving good later.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Wicklow Head to Slyne Head to Malin Head
Wind: West to northwest force 4 or 5. Soon decreasing northerly force 3 or 4. Later becoming variable force 3 or less.
Weather: Cloudy improving fair later.
Visibility: Moderate, improving good later.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 06:00, Sunday 21 April 2024
Anticyclonic light variable winds. Mainly fair weather.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Friday 19 April 2024
All times are local unless specified
