Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Thursday 01 January 2026 until 00:00, Friday 02 January 2026
Small Craft Warning
North to northwest winds will reach force 6 or higher on Thursday and Thursday night on Irish coasts from Slyne Head to Belfast Lough to Hook Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a mainly moderate to fresh northwesterly airflow between an anticyclone of 1036hPa centred southeast of Greenland and a depression of 982hPa centred over Norway.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Slyne Head to Belfast Lough to Hook Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: West to northwest force 5 or 6, reaching force 7 at times. Later becoming northwest.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with scattered patches of rain, drizzle and mist.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Hook Head to Valentia to Slyne Head
Wind: Northwesterly or variable force 2 to 4. Soon becoming north to northwest force 3 or 4, occasionally reaching force 5.
Weather: Fair to cloudy with isolated showers. Isolated drizzle and mist soon.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation and mist.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Saturday 03 January 2026
Fresh to strong northerly winds, occasionally increasing near gale force in the north and northeast. Weather: Fair to cloudy with outbreaks of rain. Fair with scattered showers on Friday, some possibly of hail.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Thursday 01 January 2026
All times are local unless specified
