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THE REMNANTS OF Hurricane Gonzalo – which caused widespread disruption in Bermuda last week – will batter Ireland today.
Met Éireann has issued a yellow alert wind warning, as winds of up to 95km per hour hit Irish shores.
According to the alert, which has been in place since 4am:
Southwest winds, veering northwest later tonight will reach mean wind speeds of 45 to 55 km/h with gusts of 75 to 90 km/h possible especially along exposed coasts and higher ground.
The warning is in effect until 6pm tomorrow evening.
There will be a few bright spells amid the rain later, the weather service says.
And it looks like the worst of the weather will hit the country tonight. From the Met website…
A spell of wet and very windy weather will develop early tonight, at first in the west of the country.
“Some heavy falls of rain are likely with strong and gusty southwesterly winds which will reach gale force along exposed coasts and on higher ground.”The rain will quickly cross the country and as it does so winds will veer west to northwest but will remain strong.”
On the bright side, we’ll be back to brighter weather by Thursday — after a further band of rain lashes the country in the middle of the week.
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Didn’t you guys tell us it was going to be a rotten weekend and not to venture outside last friday? It turned out to be a lovely weekend in Dublin.
Same in Wexford. Weather was unseasonably warm all weekend. How can you get the weather so wrong?lol
It was wild on the west coast. But only Dublin matters….
Saturday was the nicest day of the month alright.
This is true. The big shmoke is the most important part of the whole country.
You should be thankful we even let you use our electricity!
How would he know what the weather was like everywhere else in the country if he lives in Dublin.. Stop looking for reasons to be annoyed.
The alerts in combination with internet hysteria are getting out of hand now. Was all set for a nice weekend inside doing nothing after seeing the forecast on Friday, instead it was lovely out and I had to go out for a F*&*ing walk to ease my conscience.
Spent Saturday on bear island in west cork I should have used factor 50. Wish every day was as good.
Is this the same warning that was issued on Friday, that brought nothing except a few leaves knocked off trees? Seriously questioning Met Eireanns credibility. Warning has been in place since 4am, been up since half 6 here in Cork and it is the calmest day in about a week. Get your sh*t together Met Eireann!
The Met service that cried “Wolf”.
Met Eireann warning posted at 4am. As it says on the tin the alert is valid from 7pm tonight through to 6pm tomorrow so why would you expect windy conditions at the moment????
Here’s a clue Adrian, it’s a forecast. Still confused? Look up definition of forecast. Oh, now you get it. Now at least we’re all on the same page. My work here is done.
@Wicklow Weather – because the original warning was for Saturday morning to Sunday night and, for many of us anyway, doesn’t seem to have materialised.
Better get a full load on and the washing out on the line so. Some great drying to be done. #FullLoadWeather
My grandfather used to gauge the weather in Kerry this way.. “If it’s not raining, it’s about to rain”.. Think we should settle with that :)
If it doesn’t rain between the showers it’ll be fine.
Wont wear a wig so
“Stand back, there’s a hurricane coming through”
Hell yeah
Great weekend & it’s my birthday so I expect to be blown to bits. Ha ha, wrinkles are us!
The countries been getting battered for the last week!!!!
I hope you made the most of the fine Summer.
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