STORM HANNAH UPDATE AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION - BE PREPARED

Images Above include the forecast modelled Infra-red Satellite for 1pm on Friday (Top) and forecast modelled winds at 7pm courtesy of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, the ECMWF.

After an unseasonably warm and settled Easter Weekend, our weather is looking very disturbed and unsettled as we head through the rest of this week, with potentially stormy conditions for the southwest of the country later on Friday, 26th April. With many trees now in leaf, this system has the potential to result in trees down leading to power outages and dangerous driving conditions, so stay up to date with the forecast over the coming days.

Met Éireann forecasters are monitoring a developing low pressure system currently tracking towards Newfoundland just off the northeastern Canadian coast, which is expected to engage with the Jet Stream and travel eastwards across the Atlantic over the next couple of days. Conditions look ripe for rapid deepening of the low to take place as it comes across the North Atlantic, and a storm system is likely to form at sea by Friday morning.

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Present indications suggest the storm system will be starting to fill as it comes towards Ireland’s west and southwest coasts on Friday evening. A Orange wind warning has been issued for Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick for strong and damaging winds gusting up to 130km/hr Be prepared for possible disruption and power outages, Valid: Friday 26 April 2019 16:00 to Saturday 27 April 2019 05:00

A yellow wind warning has been issued for Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly, Donegal, Tipperary and Waterford for winds gusting up to 90 to 110 km/h. Valid: Friday 26 April 2019 23:00 to Saturday 27 April 2019 09:00

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