BREAKING NEWS - Met Eireann issue Status Orange wind warnings for 7 counties - Storm Jorge
Met Eireann have issued a number of weather warnings for Friday and Saturday for Storm Jorge which was named by the Spanish met office this morning.
A rainfall warning has been issued for Friday and Saturday and a Orange wind warning for severe and damaging gusts has been issued for Saturday when Storm Jorge will cross over the northern half of Ireland.
STATUS ORANGE - WIND WARNING FOR GALWAY, MAYO, CLARE AND KERRY
Some severe winds expected during Saturday associated with Storm Jorge (Hor-hay). Southwest quickly veering west and later northwest will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with gusts of 110 to 130km/h, possibly higher in very exposed areas with an elevated risk of coastal flooding.
Valid: 06:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 03:00 Sunday 01/03/2020
Issued: 11:00 Thursday 27/02/2020
STATUS ORANGE - WIND WARNING FOR DONEGAL, LEITRIM AND SLIGO
Some severe winds expected during Saturday associated with Storm Jorge (Hor-hay).
Southwest quickly veering west and later northwest will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with gusts of 110 to 130km/h, possibly higher in very exposed areas with an elevated risk of coastal flooding.
Valid: 12:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 03:00 Sunday 01/03/2020
Issued: 11:00 Thursday 27/02/2020
STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR LEINSTER, CAVAN, MONAGHAN, ROSCOMMON, CORK, KERRY, LIMERICK, TIPPERARY AND WATERFORD
A band of very strong winds, associated with storm Jorge (Hor-hay) will extend across the country during Saturday morning and persist through the rest of the day and into the night.
Southwest veering westerly winds of mean speeds 50 to 65km/h with gusts of 90 to 110km/h expected.
Valid: 09:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 03:00 Sunday 01/03/2020
Issued: 11:00 Thursday 27/02/2020
Warning issued by Met Eireann
STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
Strong winds will move into south-western parts of the UK by Saturday afternoon, and steadily move north-east through the course of Saturday evening and overnight into Sunday morning. Gusts of 50-60 mph are likely quite widely, and especially in association with heavier showers across England and Wales during Saturday afternoon. More isolated gusts of 65-70 mph, particularly on coasts and other exposed areas, are probable.
Valid: 12:00 Saturday 29/02/2020 to 12:00 Sunday 01/03/2020
Issued: 10:20 Thursday 27/02/2020
Warning issued by UK Met office
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A status Yellow rainfall warning has also been issued for heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday both by Met Eireann and the UK Met Office.
STATUS YELLOW - RAINFALL WARNING FOR MUNSTER, CONNACHT AND DONEGAL
Rainfall accumulations of 20 to 30mm expected during Friday and Saturday generally but 40 to 50 mm in parts of Kerry, with a continuing risk of flooding due to already saturated ground and elevated river levels.
Valid: 00:01 Friday 28/02/2020 to 23:59 Saturday 29/02/2020
Issued: 11:00 Thursday 27/02/2020
Warning issued by Met Eireann
STATUS YELLOW - RAINFALL WARNING FOR FERMANAGH, DERRY, TYRONE, ANTRIM & ARMAGH
Several bands of rain will move eastwards during Friday and Saturday morning. Accumulations of 20 mm are expected in places, and locally 30 mm on high ground in the north and west. This rain falling onto saturated ground may lead to some local flooding.
Valid: 10:00 Friday 28/02/2020 to 10:00 Saturday 29/02/2020
Issued: 10:58 Thursday 27/02/2020
Warning issued by UK Met office
A area of low pressure which has been named by The Spanish Met Office will then move close to the west and northwest of Ireland later Saturday morning and looks set to bring very strong winds on Saturday. This can be seen on the chart below
At present it looks very windy nationwide on Saturday with winds gusting between 90km/hr to 110km/hr.
Along southern, southwestern and western coastal counties winds look strong during the hours of later Saturday morning and afternoon with severe gusts between 100km/hr to 125km/hr with some isolated gusts of 130km/hr possible on exposed coastal areas of the west.
During the evening and night the center of the area of low pressure tracks over the northwest of Ireland and exits over scotland them strong and severe gusts will then transfer across coastal counties of the west, northwest and north with gusts between 100km/hr to 125km/hr possible.
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Along with the risk of strong or severe winds there will also be the risk of poor conditions around all irish coasts especially along the western seaboard where some coastal flooding could be possible.
On Saturday there will also be the risk of very heavy falls of rain or heavy showers merging into longer spells of rain which is not good news with all the flooding across Ireland already and this is only going to increase the chances of further flooding and river levels rising . Some areas on Saturday could see well between 15mm to 30mm of rain accumulate over the day especially across the west, midlands, northwest and north of Ireland.
Some of the showers on Saturday could also fall as hail, sleet or snow but any snow will be more likely over higher ground.
I will have another update later today
Kenneth from the Donegal Weather Channel
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