Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 12:00, Monday 24 November 2025 until 12:00, Tuesday 25 November 2025
Small Craft Warning
Northerly winds will reach force 6 or higher at times today (Monday), on Irish coasts from Erris Head to Carlingford Lough to Valentia. becoming confined to Irish coasts from Malin Head to Howth Head to Hook Head early tonight, easing early on Tuesday morning.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a fresh to near gale force northerly airflow, generated by an area of low pressure of 992hPa centered to the west of Denmark. An associated occlusion over the southwest of Ireland, continues to clear southwestwards.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Roches Point to Loop Head to Rossan Point
Wind: Northerly force 5 or 6 and gusty. Decreasing mostly force 4 or 5 imminent. Later decreasing variable force 2 to 4.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with scattered showers, mainly in the southwest. Becoming fair with isolated showers imminent.
Visibility: Mostly good, reducing moderate in showers.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Rossan Point to Howth Head to Roches Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Northerly force 5 or 6 and gusty, occasionally force 7 today and early tonight in the East. Later decreasing force 3 to 5, strongest in the east and on the Irish Sea
Weather: Cloudy to fair with scattered showers, mainly in the south, some heavy. Becoming fair with isolated showers imminent.
Visibility: Mostly good, reducing moderate in showers.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Wednesday 26 November 2025
Winds will stay northerly in the east for a time on Tuesday and ease light to moderate. Elsewhere, winds will back southwesterly on Tuesday and freshen. On Tuesday night, fresh to near gale force southerly winds will extend from the west, veering southwest to west on Wednesday morning and decreasing mostly moderate or strong, still near gale force on the Irish Sea. Weather: Fair with isolated showers at first. Becoming cloudy through Tuesday and Tuesday night, with rain and drizzle spreading eastwards from Tuesday evening. Mist and fog too, most widespread in the west.
Forecast issued at: 12:00, Monday 24 November 2025
All times are local unless specified
