Valentia NAVTEX [W]

ZCZC WE26
MRSC VALENTIA EJK.
SEA AREA FORECAST UNTIL 04/04/2026 18:00
ISSUED: 03/04/2026 18:00
WARNINGS
GALE WARNING: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST VEERING NORTHWEST IN SOME ATLANTIC SEA
AREAS WILL REACH GALE FORCE 8 OR 9 LATER ON IRISH COASTAL WATERS FROM FAIR
HEAD TO ROCHES POINT TO BLOODY FORELAND AND ON THE IRISH SEA.
SMALL CRAFT WARNING: 1. WESTERLY WINDS WILL REACH FORCE 6 OR HIGHER AT
TIMES THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT (FRIDAY) ON IRISH COASTS FROM SLYNE
HEAD TO MALIN HEAD TO HOWTH HEAD. 2. SOUTHERLY OR CYCLONIC VARIABLE WINDS
WILL REACH FORCE 6 OR HIGHER OVERNIGHT ON IRISH COASTS FROM ROCHES POINT
TO MIZEN HEAD TO LOOP HEAD EXTENDING TO ALL IRISH COASTS LATER.
HIGH WAVES WARNING (HEAVY SWELL): INCREASING ON WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN
COASTS AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND DURING SATURDAY.
METEOROLOGICAL SITUATION AT 1500 UTC
IRELAND LIES IN A FRESH TO NEAR GALE AND GUSTY WESTERLY AIRFLOW WITHIN
A BROAD AND COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. LOW PRESSURE CENTRES OF 979HPA
AND 982HPA ARE LOCATED AROUND 220 NAUTICAL MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ICELAND
AND AROUND 130 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF THE FAR*E ISLANDS RESPECTIVELY.
FORECAST FOR DUNGARVAN TO MIZEN HEAD TO LOOP HEAD
WIND: WEST TO NORTHWEST FORCE 4 OR 5 AND GUSTY. IMMINENT DECREASING FOR*E
WESTERLY FORCE 2 TO 4. SOON BACKING SOUTHERLY AND INCREASING FORCE 5 TO 7
AND GUSTY. LATER INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE 6 TO GALE FORCE 8 AND
GUSTY VEERING SOUTHWEST TO WEST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOO  AND REACHING FORCE
7 TO GALE FORCE 8 OR STRONG GALE FORCE 9 AT TIMES.
WEATHER: FAIR WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AT FIRST. CLOUD SPREADING FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT WITH RAIN AND DRIZZLE EXTENDING NORTHWARDS OVERNIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING WITH MIST PATCHES TOO. RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES SPREADING FROM
THE WEST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY: REDUCING MO*ERATE OR POOR IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST *THERW*SE
GOOD.
FORECAST FOR LOOP*HEAD T* ERRI**HEAD*TO MALIN*HEAD
*WIND: WEST FORCE 5 OR 6 OCCA*I*NALLY FOR** 7 AND GUSTY. IMMI**NEN* DECREASIN*
FO*CE 4 OR 5 OCCASIONAPLY FO*CE KYM SZO* BACKI*G SOU HWEST TO SOUTH FORCE*3
OR *RM LATER *ACKIN* SOUT**AST TO EAST A** THE* BECOMING*CYCLONIC VARIAB*E
*AINL* FORCEV6 TO GALE FORCE 8 BUT REACHING*STRONG GALE FORC* 9 AND GUSTY
L*CALLY.
WEATHER  FAIR WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AT *IRST*M C*OUD SPREADING FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT WITH RAIN AND DRIZZLE EXTENDING NORTHWARDS OVERNIGHT AND
HATURDAY *ORNING WITH MIST PATCHES TOO. R*IN HEAVY AT TIMES* SPREADING FROM
THE W*ST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY: RBDUCING MODERATE OR POOR IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST* OTHERWISE
GOOD.
FORECAST FOR MALIN HEAD TO CARLINGFORD LOUGH TO DUNGARVAN AND FOR THE IRISH
SEA
WIND: WEST FORCE 4 TO 6 OCCASIONALLY FORCE 7 AND GUSTY. IMMINENT DECREASING
FORCE 3 TO 5 OCCASIONALLY FORCE 6 NORTH OF HOWTH HEAD. SOON BACKING SOUTHERLY
FORCE 2 TO 4 OCCASIONALLY FORCE 5. LATER INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FORCE
6 TO GALE FORCE 8 AND GUSTY.
WEATHER: FAIR WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AT FIRST. CLOUD SPREADING FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT WITH RAIN AND DRIZZLE EXTENDING NORTHWARDS OVERNIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING WITH MIST PATCHES TOO. RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES SPREADING FROM
THE WEST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY: REDUCING MODERATE OR POOR IN PRECIPITATION AND MIST OTHERWISE
GOOD.
OUTLOOK FOR A FURTHER 24 HOURS UNTIL SUNDAY 05/04/2026 18:00
NEAR GALE TO STRONG GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY OR CYCLONIC VARIABLE WINDS ASSOCIATED
WITH STORM DAVE WILL VEER WEST TO NORTHWEST SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT AND
WILL GRADUALLY EASE FROM THE WEST WITH FRESH TO NEAR GALE FORCE WESTERLY
WINDS FOR SUNDAY MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS WILL FURTHER MODERATE THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON BACKING MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD. WEATHER: OUTBREAKS OF RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES CLEARING EASTWARDS SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS FOLLOWING WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
AND HAIL. SHOWERS BECOMING MORE ISOLATED LATER.
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