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MET ÉIREANN HAS provided its latest update as Storm Helene approaches Ireland, with “short interval intense rainfall” forecast, but it doesn’t believe that a rainfall warning will be issued ahead of its arrival.
Helene has maintained its tropical storm status according to an advisory from the National Hurricane Center in the US.
It is due to hit Ireland within the next two days, with its “main impact” occurring on Monday evening into Tuesday morning, Met Éireann said.
As it travels north-eastwards through the Atlantic, Helene is set to pick up speed as it becomes an ex-tropical storm.
Met Éireann / TwitterThis is the latest graphic from the National Hurricane Center in the U.S. regarding #StormHelene Note times are AST, so add 5 hrs for Irish time. This tropical storm will weaken as it approaches Ireland. Met Éireann will issue a further briefing on our website this afternoon pic.twitter.com/9UOfOAnufD
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) September 15, 2018
“Yellow level impacts from wind are looking increasingly likely for coastal districts of the east and south, with strong gales or storm force winds for a time in the Celtic and Irish seas,” it said.
Short interval intense rainfall may occur in places, but due to the speed at which the system is moving through, it is not envisaged at this stage that a rain warning will be required, although this aspect will continue to be examined more closely once our high-resolution model guidance becomes available on Sunday.
The centre of the low that the storm is bringing is now tracking over parts of Ireland instead of mainly through the Irish Sea, although there continues to be “large uncertainty” in its exact track.
The forecaster will continue to monitor developments from the storm throughout this evening and into tomorrow.
That all adds up to a very unsettled outlook for the weather heading into next week, Met Éireann said.
Severe downpours are forecast on Monday and that night is set to be “very disturbed with widespread heavy rain and gales”.
Even after Helene passes through, the weather looks set to remain unsettled and rainy throughout the week.
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Perhaps Simon should take over the Housing Minister position.
Every story about the homeless has a real live human being behind it. Some like this guy make it out of the gutter, alcohol and the rent situation put him in the gutter.
Yet all we hear from FG supporters here is slander with no bounds, as they queue up to pour their vitriolic bile on anyone who’s situation has being highlighted. Everyone is a sponger, a freeloader, wants a mythical free house, never worked in their life. All to justify the neglect of the poor and less well off, and deflect on the huge damage done to society by government policies.
@Dave Doyle: It’s so true it would make you sick. This country is in one horrible mess and the worst thing is it would take something on a revolutionary scale to change it.
Well done to simon services… the goverment s minister regina Doherity has decided to not give xmas bonus this year is she fr real ??? Pay rises were given to herself and her cohorts but the rest of us are crippled with high taxs we are paying the higest mortgage rates in the EU.. car tax insurance is also higher..half the country are homeless ..hope this goverment including fianna fail who are supporting their decisions are destroyed in the next election…they are not fit fr purpose
@Mari: we are not the most expensive country in the EU, also renting is more prominent in other countries. Yes we have a massive problem with homelessness and people living in emergency accommodation we are not the worst in EU either. This does not mean I think anyone should be let off the hook for the shambles the country is in, but the people here need to take off the rose tinted glasses
@GClare: we absolutely are one of the most expensive countries for gas, electricity, insurance, food, housing and so on.
When you include taxes we get little in return by way of services for all, such as healthcare.
The only person with rose tinted glasses here is you. You clearly haven’t been living in Ireland the last 10years with that attitude.
@Regina Farrell: By your rationale, the government should have their salaries suspended. Certainly housing, justice, healthcare, transport and the Taoiseach. Manipulating the system and doing sweet effay in return.
Fair play to Geoff! Onwards..Great admiration for a person homeless after 7 years and to come back. With the right people anything is possible!
@paul christopher cox: Indeed, imagine if FF/FG/labour gave as much of a care, what might be possible… Geoff and many more might’ve been contributing to our society if our governments had actually come up with solutions instead creating the problems in the first place.
Pity they don’t finance ngo’s the same way public servants are. Staff at NGO’s are the cheap version of public services and are expected to do similar work.
@Brian Smith: now that really does depend on the NGO; take a look into background of charities, remember the scandal a few years ago, that was not made up!!! And it is world wide not just Ireland
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