Sea Area Forecast
Forecast valid from: 18:00, Wednesday 19 November 2025 until 18:00, Thursday 20 November 2025
Small Craft Warning
Northerly winds will reach force 6 at times this evening and early tonight on all Irish coasts, becoming confined to coasts from Rossan Point to Strangford Lough to Dungarvan tomorrow morning.
Gale Warning
Nil
Meteorological Situation at 15:00 UTC
Ireland lies in a mainly strong to near gale force northerly airflow between an anticyclone of 1034hPa centred in the mid-Atlantic and a depression of 1000hPa centred over the Netherlands.
Small Craft Warning: In effect
Heavy Swell (>4m) : Nil
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Bloody Foreland to Howth Head to Roches Point and for the Irish Sea
Wind: North to northwest force 5 or 6, occasionally reaching force 7.
Weather: Mainly fair with scattered showers, some of sleet and hail. Showers becoming isolated later.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Roches Point to Loop Head to Bloody Foreland
Wind: North to northwest force 5 or 6. Soon decreasing northerly force 4 or 5 and occasionally force 6. Later further decreasing force 3 or 4.
Weather: Cloudy to fair with scattered showers, some of sleet and hail.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 18:00, Friday 21 November 2025
Moderate to strong northerly winds, decreasing light to moderate on Thursday night and becoming southerly in the west. Becoming fresh to near gale force southwesterly on Friday. Weather: Cloudy to fair with isolated showers, some of hail. Becoming cloudy with rain and drizzle spreading from the west Friday evening.
Forecast issued at: 18:00, Wednesday 19 November 2025
All times are local unless specified
