Met Office Uk officially name storm Ciara and it will hit Ireland Saturday and Sunday
A low-pressure system that will impact the Ireland & the UK this weekend has been named as Storm Ciara by the Met Office.
The system currently developing in the North Atlantic will bring strong winds and heavy rain across the whole of Ireland & the UK through the end of the weekend and into the start of next week. Wind gusts will widely reach 50-60mph (80km/hr-100km/hr) across many inland areas. The strongest gusts in exposed locations could reach 80mph (130km/hr).
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A yellow National Severe Weather warning for wind has been issued which currently covers the entire UK and is in force from 6pm on Saturday evening and all day Sunday until midnight. Storm Ciara can be expected to bring a range of disruption which may affect some power supplies and transport services across many parts of the UK.
No Weather warnings have been issued by Met Eireann yet with a possible weather advisory been issued at some stage today followed by warnings as early as Thursday for wind and possible rain.
An extremely strong jet stream flowing from North America will be steering a succession of low-pressure systems towards Ireland and the UK at least into the middle of next week. The relative predictability of this pattern has provided an early warning and has given us the certainty to be able to name this storm four days ahead.
Before Storm Ciara arrives, Wednesday and Thursday this week will see high pressure dominating, bringing largely fine conditions to most of Ireland and the UK with the potential for frost and fog in some locations. Fog may be slow to clear on Thursday morning.
By Friday afternoon and evening conditions will start to become more unsettled with spells of rain and a developing breeze. Saturday will be a relatively dry day for much of the UK but a spell of rain will cross Ireland on Saturday afternoon and evening possibly turning wintry across the northwest of Ireland later in the day with wind streghnten over the afternoon and evening ahead of Storm Ciara.
The Met Office and Met Eireann will continue to monitor the development of Storm Ciara and other potentially impactful low-pressure systems through next week. Warnings will be issued and amended as appropriate.
Storm Ciara is the third named storm of the season which started in September. The naming convention now also includes the Dutch meteorological service, KNMI as well as existing partner Met Éireann. Storms are named to aid the communication of approaching severe weather, helping the public to be better placed to keep themselves, their property and businesses safe.
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