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Overview
Leinster
Today
A bright day overall with spells of sunshine and the odd passing shower. Highest temperatures of 3 to 5 degrees, with mostly light westerly winds.
Tonight
Cold and mostly dry tonight, with some scattered showers, turning wintry in places. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +2 degrees, with frost and ice patches developing. Light westerly breezes will allow patches of fog or freezing fog to form.
Tomorrow
Starting cold tomorrow morning with frost, ice and any fog slow to clear. Dry and bright for most with cloud building from the west through the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees with light southwesterly winds.
National
Today
Cold today with winter sunshine but some scattered heavy showers too, mainly affecting Atlantic counties. The showers will be a wintry mix of rain, hail and sleet, with snow possible over higher ground. Some thunderstorms will occur later too across west and southwest counties. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees, coldest in the Northeast, in mostly light to moderate westerly winds, increasing fresh to strong and gusty northwesterly for west and southwest coasts.
Tonight
Scattered heavy thundery showers will move eastwards this evening and overnight, some wintry with snow for higher ground with the odd rumble of thunder. Coldest across Ulster, north Leinster and the North Midlands with overnight lows of 0 to minus 3 degrees with a slight to sharp frost as well as some freezing fog, all with just light westerly or variable breezes. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees elsewhere with some frost, all in a moderate, occasionally fresh northwest breeze.
Tomorrow
Starting cold in places on Saturday morning with frost, ice and fog slow to clear. Dry with sunny spells for most though a few well scattered wintry showers will affect Ulster and north Leinster. Cloud will build from the west through the afternoon with outbreaks of rain and drizzle developing across Atlantic counties, extending eastwards in the evening. Highest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees with mostly light southwesterly breezes.
Outlook
Overview: Low pressure dominates, with spells of wet and sometimes windy conditions. Turning milder from Sunday. Saturday night: Rain and drizzle in the west will extend eastwards, becoming widespread. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 2 degrees in the north and east initially, becoming milder with the rain with lowest temperatures generally of 3 to 7 degrees. Light to moderate southerly winds will increase fresh to strong. Sunday: Windy with widespread outbreaks of rain continuing, turning heavy in places with a chance of hail. Milder with highest temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees. Southerly winds will be fresh to strong reaching near gale force at times. Sunday night: Outbreaks of rain will gradually clear northeastwards with showers and clear spells following. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees, with southwesterly winds easing moderate to fresh. Monday: A mix of sunshine and showers, merging to longer spells of rain at times. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees, with moderate to fresh southwesterly winds. Tuesday: There is uncertainty in the details, but likely a wet start with widespread outbreaks of rain, clearing to bright spells and showers. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees with light to moderate southwesterly winds. Further outlook: Current indications show a continuation of unsettled conditions.
Marine Weather Warnings
Yellow
Small Craft Warning
Southerly winds will reach force 6 or higher.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Small Craft Warning
Southerly winds will reach force 6 or higher.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Gale Warning
Gale
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Gale Warning
West or northwest winds will reach gale force 8 at times.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Small Craft Warning
West to northwest winds will reach force 6 or higher.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Gale Warning
Southerly wiinds will reach gale force 8 at times.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Gale Warning
Southerly winds will reach gale force 8 at times.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Gale Warning
Southerly winds will reach gale force 8 on the Irish Sea.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Gale Warning
South to southwest wind will reach gale force 8 at times.
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Yellow
Yellow Wind Warning
Windy with strong and gusty southwest winds.
Potential Impacts:
• some wave overtopping
• loose objects displaced
• some fallen trees and branches
• difficult travelling conditions
Issued: 9 January 2026 12:40
Coastal Reports
Malin Head Automatic
West-Southwest, 8 Knots, Rain shower, 10 Miles, 1002, Rising
Dublin Airport
West-Northwest, 12 Knots, Fair, 16 Miles, 1003, Rising
Buoy M5 51° 41'N 6° 42'W
Northwest, 16 Knots, Wave ht: 3.1 m, 1004, Rising
Roches Point Automatic
West, 11 Knots, Fair, 21 Miles, 1006, Rising
Sherkin Island Automatic
North-Northwest, 9 Knots, Gust 25 Knots, Rain shower, 18 Miles, 1007, Rising slowly
Valentia Automatic
West-Northwest, 9 Knots, Recent rain, 21 Miles, 1007, Rising
Mace Head Automatic
West-Southwest, 10 Knots, Rain shower, 13 Miles, 1005, Rising slowly
Belmullet Automatic
Southwest, 6 Knots, Recent rain, 8 Miles, 1003, Rising slowly
Buoy M2 53° 29'N, 5° 26'W
Northwest, 20 Knots, Wave ht: 1.5 m, 1002, Rising
Buoy M3 51° 13'N, 10° 33'W
Northwest, 29 Knots, Gust 44 Knots, Wave ht: 4.8 m, 1008, Rising
Buoy M4 55° 0'N 10° 0'W
South-Southwest, 7 Knots, Wave ht: 3 m, 1002, Rising slowly
Buoy M6 53° 4'N 15° 56'W
West-Northwest, 26 Knots, Gust 35 Knots, Wave ht: 5.9 m, 1009, Rising
Sea Area Forecast
Sea Area Forecast until 12:00 Saturday 10 January 2026. Issued at 12:00 Friday 9 January 2026.
Meteorological Situation at 0900: A mostly moderate to fresh and unstable northwesterly airflow cover Ireland. Storm Goretti, with central pressure of 967hPa is centred over the Low Countries with a slack area of low pressure in situ to the northwest of Ireland. Embedded frontal troughs will feed down in the flow.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Carnsore Point to Mizen Head to Erris Head
Wind: Northwesterly force 5 or 6. Force 6 to gale force 8 imminent - strongest for western areas. Later gradually decreasing westerly 5 or 6.
Weather: Scattered heavy showers, especially in Atlantic areas, with some hail and thunderstorms. Mainly fair later.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Erris Head to Bloody Foreland to Malin Head
Wind: Southwesterly force 3 to 5. Soon increasing cyclonic variable mainly force 4 to 6. Later becoming west to northwest force 4 or 5.
Weather: Scattered heavy showers, especially in Atlantic areas, with some hail and thunderstorms. Mainly fair later.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Malin Head to Belfast Lough to Carlingford Lough
Wind: Variable force 2 to 4. Later becoming southerly.
Weather: Scattered heavy showers, especially in Atlantic areas, with some hail and thunderstorms. Mainly fair later.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Carlingford Lough to Howth Head to Carnsore Point and the Irish Sea
Wind: Northwest or variable force 3 to 5, locally force 6 early on, strongest on the south Irish Sea.
Weather: Scattered heavy showers, especially in Atlantic areas, with some hail and thunderstorms. Mainly fair later.
Visibility: Good, decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 12:00 Sunday 11 January 2026: Mostly fresh west to northwest winds will back south to southwest and strengthen during Saturday with gale force winds for Atlantic areas, transferring eastwards on Saturday night. Rain and drizzle moving in from the Atlantic, heavy at times later.
