Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 23:30, Friday 04 September 2026 until 00:00, Sunday 06 September 2026
Small Craft Warning
1. Westerly winds will reach force 6 on Friday night on Irish coasts from Bloody Foreland to Fair Head to Carlingford Lough.
2. Southerly winds will reach force 6 on Saturday on Irish coasts from Mizen Head to Slyne Head to Bloody Foreland.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
A depression of 994hPa centred north of Scotland generates a mainly fresh to strong westerly airflow over Ireland. A weak ridge of high pressure will build over Ireland for a time tonight, extending from an anticyclone of 1024hPa centred over the Bay of Biscay.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : No
Forecast for Hook Head to Slyne Head to Bloody Foreland
Wind: West to northwest force 4 or 5, decreasing force 3 or 4 imminent. Soon becoming southerly force 2 to 4. Later increasing force 5 or 6.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with isolated showers. Soon becoming cloudy with rain and drizzle. Patchy mist and fog also.
Visibility: Good, soon decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation, mist and fog.
Forecast for Bloody Foreland to Carlingford Lough to Hook Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Westerly force 4 to 6, soon decreasing force 3 or 4. Later becoming southerly force 4 or 5.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with isolated showers. Later becoming cloudy with rain and drizzle by the end of the period.
Visibility: Good, later decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Monday 07 September 2026
Fresh to near gale force southerly winds, reaching gale force in the northwest. Winds becoming moderate to strong west to southwest on Sunday evening. Weather: Cloudy with rain, drizzle, mist and fog. Fair in the northwest Sunday night.
Forecast issued at: 23:30, Friday 04 September 2026
All times are local unless specified
