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ZCZC WE77 VALENTIA RADIO EJK SEA AREA FORECAST UNTIL 13/04/2026 18:00 ISSUED: 12/04/2026 18:00 WARNINGS GALE WARNING: NIL SMALL CRAFT WARNING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH FORCE 6 TODAY (SUNDAY) ON IRISH COASTS FROM ERRIS HEAD TO MALIN HEAD TO FAIR HEAD. HIGH WAVES WARNING (HEAVY SWELL): ON SOUTHWESTERN WESTERN AND NORTHERN COASTS TODAY (SUNDAY) AND TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT) METEOROLOGICAL SITUATION AT 1500 UTC IRELAND LIES IN AN UNSTABLE MOSTLY MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST AIRFLOW GENERATED BY A SLOW-MOVING AND FILLING DEPRESSION OF 982HPA CENTRED BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND ICELAND. FORECAST FOR FAIR HEAD TO ROCHES POINT TO ERRIS HEAD AND FOR THE IRISH SEA WIND: SOUTHWEST TO WEST FORCE 3 TO 5 AND GUSTY. SOON DECREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 2 TO 4. INCREASING SOUTHERLY FORCE 3 TO 5 BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. WEATHER: FAIR WITH SCAT*ERED SHOWERS SOME HEAVY WITH A CHANCE OF HAIL OR ISOLATED THUNDERSTOR*S. SHOWERS SOON BECOMING ISOLATED. BECOMING CLOUDY IN THE SOUTHWEST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.*VISIBILITY: MOSTLY GOOD REDUCING MODERATE OR POOR IN SHOWERS. OUTLOOK FORA FURTHER 24 HOURS UNTIL TUESDAY 14/04/2026 18:00 MOSTLY MODERATO SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT FIRST. GRADUALLY BACKING SOUTHEASTERLY AND INCREASING FRESH TO STRONG POSSIBLY REACHING NEAR GALE FORCE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. STARTING TO VEER SOUTHWESTERLY OL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WEATHER: CLOUD IN THE SOUTHWEST SPREADING NORTHEASTWARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH OUTBREAKS OF RAIN DRIZZLE AND MIST FOLLOWING. BUOY M5 51 41'N 6 42'W WEST-SOUTHWEST 14 KNOTS WAVE HT:2.7 M 1009 RIS*NG SLOWLY BUOY M1 53 8'N 11 12W REPORT NOT AVAILABLE BUOY M2 53 29 N 5 26'W WEST 9 KNOTS WAVE HT:1.4 M 1006 RISING SLOWLY BUOY M3 51 13 N 10 33'W WEST 10 KNOTS WAVE HT:5.4 M 1010 RISING SLOWLY BUOY M4 55 ON 10 O'W REPORT NOT AVAILABLE BUOY M6 53 4'N 15 56'W WEST 20 KNOTS WAVE HT:4.3 M 1007 RISING SLOWLY VALENTIA RADIO NNNN
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Sea area forecast until 13/04/2026 18:00 issued: 12/04/2026 18:00
Warnings
Gale warning: nil
Small craft warning: southwest winds will reach force 6 today (Sunday)
On irish coasts from erris head to malin
Head to fair head.
High waves warning (heavy swell): on southwestern western and northern
Coasts today (Sunday) and tonight
(Sunday night)
Meteorological situation at 1500 UTC
Ireland lies in an unstable mostly moderate to strong southwest to west
Airflow generated by a slow-moving and
Filling depression of 982hpa centred between scotland and iceland.
Forecast for fair head to roches point to erris head and for the irish
Sea
Wind: southwest to west force 3 to 5 and gusty. Soon decreasing south to
Southwest force 2 to 4. Increasing
Southerly force 3 to 5 by the end of the period.
Weather: fair with SCAT·ERED showers some heavy with a chance of hail
Or isolated
THUNDERSTOR·S. showers soon
Becoming isolated. Becoming cloudy in the southwest by the end of the PERIOD.·VISIBILITY:
Mostly good reducing moderate or poor in showers. Outlook fora further 24
Hours until Tuesday 14/04/2026 18:00
Mostly moderato south to southwest winds at first. Gradually backing southeasterly
And increasing fresh to
Strong possibly reaching near gale force at times through Monday evening
And night. Starting to veer
Southwesterly ol Tuesday afternoon. Weather: cloud in the southwest spreading
Northeastwards across the
Country through the night with outbreaks of rain drizzle and mist following.
Buoy M5 51 41'north force 6 42'w west-southwest 14 knots wave ht:2.7 m 1009 RIS·NG
Slowly
Buoy M1 53 8'north force 11°12′W report not available
Buoy M2 53°29′North force 5 26'w west 9 knots wave ht:1.4 m 1006 rising slowly
Buoy M3 51°13′North force 10 33'w west 10 knots wave ht:5.4 m 1010 rising slowly
Buoy M4 55 on 10 o'w report not available
Buoy M6 53 4'n 15 56'w west 20 knots wave ht:4.3 m 1007 rising slowly
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