Sea Area Forecast

Sea Area Forecast until 0600 Monday 15 August 2022. Issued at 0600 Sunday 14 August 2022.

Meteorological Situation at 0300: Ireland lies in a light to moderate northeasterly or variable airflow, between an anticyclone of 1021 hPa centred over northern Norway and 2 areas of low pressure. The first of 1006 hPa over northwest France and the second of 1012hpa 400nm west of Valentia. A cold front will gradually extend in from the northwest on Sunday night while an increasingly unstable airmass precedes this front and will lead to intense convection at times.

Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Loop Head to Rossan Point to Malin Head and the Irish Sea

Wind: North to northeast force 3 or 4. Later increasing force 4 or 5 and occasionally reaching force 6 by the end of the period.

Weather: Mostly cloudy with areas of mist and fog and isolated showers or thunderstorms. Later scattered showers and thunderstorms.

Visibility: Mostly good but decreasing moderate to poor in precipitation, mist and fog.

Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Malin Head to Howth Head to Carnsore Point and the Irish Sea

Wind: Northerly or variable force 2 to 4. Later, occasionally reaching force 5 in the North Channel and in the south Irish Sea.

Weather: Mostly fair, pockets of mist and fog. Later, becoming cloudy to fair with isolated showers or thunderstorms.

Visibility: Mostly good but decreasing moderate to poor in precipitation, mist and fog.

Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Carnsore Point to Roches Point to Loop Head

Wind: Variable force 2 to 4.

Weather: Mostly fine or fair, pockets of mist and fog. Later, becoming cloudy to fair with isolated showers or thunderstorms.

Visibility: Mostly good but decreasing moderate to poor in precipitation, mist and fog.

Outlook for a further 24 hours until 0600 Tuesday 16 August 2022: Moderate to fresh northerly winds, increase fresh to strong, and occasionally reaching near gale in the southwest. Weather: Scattered showers or thunderstorms, merging to longer spells of rain at times, and becoming cloudy to fair in the west towards the end of the period.