Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Wednesday 15 January 2025 until 00:00, Thursday 16 January 2025
Small Craft Warning
South or southwest winds will reach force 6 or higher from this evening (Tuesday), tonight and on Wednesday on Irish coasts from Valentia to Erris Head to Malin Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies between anticyclone of 1039hPa centered over France and a depression of 973 hPa centred south of Greenland, generating a moderate to fresh south to southwest airflow over the area.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Valentia to Erris Head to Malin Head
Wind: Southwest force 5 or 6, reaching force 7 at times in the northwest.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with localised patches of mist and drizzle.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in mist, fog or drizzle, otherwise good.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Malin Head to Carnsore Point to Valentia and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Southwest force 4 or 5, occasionally reaching force 6 on the Irish Sea
Weather: Mostly cloudy with localised patches of mist.
Visibility: Moderate or poor in mist, fog or drizzle, otherwise good.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Friday 17 January 2025
Fresh to strong southerly winds. Increasing near gale to gale force in the west and northwest later. Weather: Fair or cloudy with localised patches of mist and drizzle.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Wednesday 15 January 2025
All times are local unless specified
