Forecast valid from: 06:00, Friday 29 March 2024 until 06:00, Saturday 30 March 2024
Southerly winds will reach force 6 or higher at times today (Friday) on Irish coasts from Strangford Lough to Roches Point to Malin Head.
Southerly winds will reach gale force 8 at times on Saturday morning and afternoon on Irish coastal waters from Mizen Head to Valentia to Slyne Head.
On southwest coasts.
A complex and slow-moving low pressure system with central pressure of 967hPa centred to the northwest of Ireland, has a second central pressure of 973hPa centred to the northeast of England and together generates a moderate to fresh cyclonic airflow over Ireland.
Gale Warning: In effect
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : yes
Wind: Southeasterly or variable force 2 to 4, occasionally reaching force 5. Later increasing southerly force 4 or 5.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with scattered showers soon. Chance of hail and an isolated thunderstorm. Isolated mist.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in precipitation and mist, otherwise good.
Wind: Southerly force 4 to 6 and gusty. Later decreasing force 4 or 5.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with scattered showers. Chance of hail and an isolated thunderstorm. Isolated mist.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in precipitation and mist, otherwise good.
Wind: Southwesterly force 4 or 5, occasionally reaching force 6. Later increasing southerly force 6 or 7 and reaching gale force 8 by the end of the period.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with scattered showers. Chance of hail and an isolated thunderstorm. Isolated mist.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in precipitation and mist, otherwise good.
Moderate winds in the east increasing fresh to near gale force from the West early Saturday, touching gale force in the southwest. Weather: Scattered showers, some heavy with a possibility of hail and isolated thunderstorms.
Forecast issued at: 06:00, Friday 29 March 2024
All times are local unless specified