Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Sunday 01 September 2024 until 00:00, Monday 02 September 2024
Small Craft Warning
Southeast winds will reach force 6 at times tonight (Saturday) and tomorrow morning (Sunday) on Irish coasts from Bloody Foreland to Fair Head to Carlingford Lough.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a moderate to fresh southeasterly airflow with high pressure of 1031hPa centred near Norway. A frontal trough will move in from the west during Sunday.
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: East to southeast force 4 to 6 and gusty. Soon decreasing force 3 to 5. Later becoming anticyclonic variable.
Weather: Fair or cloudy with isolated mist and chance of isolated showers in northeast and east. Later cloudy with mist and outbreaks of rain, possibly heavy and thundery. Patches of fog too.
Visibility: Mostly good at first. Later becoming moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Howth Head to Carnsore Point to Mizen Head and for the south Irish Sea
Wind: Easterly force 3 to 5. Later becoming variable force 2 to 4.
Weather: Fair or cloudy with isolated mist and drizzle possible. Later cloudy with mist and outbreaks of rain, possibly heavy and thundery. Patches of fog too.
Visibility: Mostly good at first. Later becoming moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Mizen Head to Loop Head to Erris Head
Wind: Southeast force 4 to 6 and gusty. Soon decreasing force 3 to 5. Later becoming variable force 3 or less north of Loop Head.
Weather: Fair or cloudy with isolated mist and drizzle possible. Later cloudy with mist and outbreaks of rain, possibly heavy and thundery. Patches of fog too.
Visibility: Mostly good at first. Later becoming moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Tuesday 03 September 2024
Light to moderate variable winds, occasionally fresh. Fresh to strong northwesterly winds extending from the west to all areas. Weather: Cloudy with showers, heavy at times with thunderstorms possible. Areas of mist and fog too. Becoming fair in western areas during the afternoon and most other areas by the end of the period. Showers continuing in the southeast.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Sunday 01 September 2024
All times are local unless specified
