Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 00:00, Friday 04 April 2025 until 00:00, Saturday 05 April 2025
Small Craft Warning
1. East or southeast winds will reach force 6 or higher at times tonight (Thursday) and tomorrow morning (Friday) on Irish coasts from Hook Head to Erris Head to Howth Head. 2. Easterly winds will reach force 6 from tomorrow afternoon (Friday) on Irish coasts from Erris Head to Howth Head to Mizen Head.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 21:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a fresh to strong easterly airflow between a slow moving anticyclone of 1038hPa, centred north of the Faroe Islands, and an area of low pressure of 993hPa, centred to the west of Portugal. A showery trough will move northwestwards over the country tonight.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Valentia to Loop Head to Bloody Foreland
Wind: Increasing east to southeast force 5 to 7 imminent, strongest south of Erris Head. Soon decreasing mainly force 4 or 5, occasionally force 3. Later becoming easterly force 4 or 5, occasionally force 6.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with rain at times. Mostly fair later with isolated showers.
Visibility: Mostly good, reducing moderate or poor in any precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Bloody Foreland to Belfast Lough to Howth Head and for the north Irish Sea
Wind: Easterly force 4 to 6. Later increasing force 5 or 6, occasionally force 7.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with patches of rain and drizzle at times. Fair or fine later.
Visibility: Mostly good, reducing moderate or poor in any precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Howth Head to Carnsore Point to Valentia and for the south Irish Sea
Wind: Decreasing east to southeast force 3 to 5 imminent, strongest in the southwest. Soon becoming east to northeast mainly force 4 or 5. Later increasing easterly force 5 or 6.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with patches of rain, drizzle and mist at times. Cloudy to fair later.
Visibility: Mostly good, reducing moderate or poor in any precipitation and mist.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 00:00, Sunday 06 April 2025
Mostly fresh or strong easterly winds, reaching near gale force at times, especially in the southwest during Saturday. Weather: Mostly fair or fine. Cloudy at times in the southwest with a chance of a stray shower.
Forecast issued at: 00:00, Friday 04 April 2025
All times are local unless specified
