Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 12:00, Sunday 28 April 2024 until 12:00, Monday 29 April 2024
Small Craft Warning
1. Southwest winds will reach force 6 at times this afternoon and evening (Sunday) on Irish Coasts from Howth Head to Carnsore Point to Roche's Point. 2. South to southwest winds, veering westerly in the southwest, will reach force 6 or higher overnight and Monday morning on Irish Coasts from Fair Head to Carnsore Point to Slyne Head.
Gale Warning
South to southwest winds will occasionally reach gale force 8 and gusty Monday morning on Irish Coastal Waters from Carlingford Lough to Wicklow Head to Hook Head and on the Irish Sea.
Meteorological Situation at 09:00 UTC
Ireland lies in an unstable light to moderate westerly or variable airflow. A complex area of low pressure covers the area with a primary depression of 996hPa centred 35 nautical miles north of East Anglia in the North Sea.
Gale Warning: In effect
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Fair Head to Wicklow Head to Hook Head and for the Irish Sea
Wind: Southwest force 4 to 6 imminent. Later backing southerly and increasing force 6 to gale force 8 and gusty by the end of the period.
Weather: Showers developing this afternoon and evening, some heavy with a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Rain spreading from the southwest overnight and Monday morning.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor at times in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Hook Head to Mizen Head to Slyne Head
Wind: Southwest to west force 4 to 6 imminent. Soon backing southwest to south. Later increasing force 5 to 7 and gusty and becoming cyclonic variable for a time north of Mizen Head. Becoming westerly and decreasing force 4 to 6 towards the end of the period.
Weather: Showers today, some heavy. Rain spreading from the west tonight. Clearing eastwards to showers Monday morning.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor at times in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Slyne Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head
Wind: Southwest or variable force 2 to 4, occasionally force 5 south of Rossan Point this afternoon. Soon increasing south to southwest force 3 to 5. Later decreasing cyclonic variable force 2 to 4.
Weather: Scattered showers today, some heavy with a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Rain spreading from the south later.
Visibility: Reducing moderate or poor at times in precipitation.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00, Tuesday 30 April 2024
Fresh to strong or near gale south to southwest winds in eastern and southern sea areas otherwise light to moderate cyclonic variable winds. Fresh to strong or near gale southeast to east winds developing in southern, eastern and northern sea areas later. Weather; Rain in the northeast clearing on Monday afternoon, followed by showers, some heavy. Further rain, possibly heavy with a chance of isolated thunderstorms, moving up from the south on Monday night, clearing northwestwards on Tuesday morning.
Forecast issued at: 12:00, Sunday 28 April 2024
All times are local unless specified
