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STORM ÉOWYN HAS been officially named as the fifth storm of the season by the UK Met Office.
It resulted in a yellow wind warning across the North, but Met Éireann has so far only issued a weather advisory for the Republic.
Strong winds will affect many parts of the UK through Friday and into Saturday - Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/wiRXF3W5qV
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 21, 2025
Met Éireann warns that on Thursday night and during Friday, a deepening Low-Pressure system is forecast to track close to Ireland.
In low pressure systems, air rises and blows in an anticlockwise direction, which causes clouds to form and can lead to rain and often results in unsettled weather.
Met Éireann added that very strong winds are likely across the country, with the “potential for damaging wind gusts and disruption in places”.
High seas and spells of heavy rain are also expected.
Met Éireann says it is “continuously monitoring the evolving situation and weather warnings will be issued as confidence in the forecast track and intensity of the Low-Pressure system improves”.
It has advised the public to check the Met Éireann website and app for updates to forecasts and warnings in the coming days.
This weather advisory is currently in place from Thursday morning to midnight Saturday.
Thursday morning is set to be wet with widespread rain that will clear to scattered showers and sunny spells in the afternoon with a chance of hail.
However, on Thursday night current indications suggest that it will turn very wet and windy, and that southerly winds will become very strong and gusty as rain spreads from the southwest and becomes widespread overnight.
Heavy rains could also turn to sleet or snow locally.
And while there is some uncertainty in the forecast for Friday, it is expected to be a very windy day with near gale force westerly winds developing, potentially reaching gale force in places.
The rain will clear to sunshine and showers through the day on Friday, some of which may turn wintry, with highest afternoon temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.
Further wintry showers are possible on Friday night, mainly over the north and west, but with drier and clearer conditions further east.
Southwest winds are expected to ease overnight into Saturday.
Met Éireann adds that the weather is expected to remain very unsettled at the weekend, with strong winds and the potential for further heavy rainfall.
Meanwhile, the UK Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning across the North.
It said the winds will lead to disruption such as damage to buildings, power cuts and flying debris which could threaten lives.
The UK Met Office also said the winds will cause disruption to travel, with road, rail, airports and ferries likely to be affected.
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I hope the brigade that routinely get scared by weather forecasts (“It’s scaremongering!”) aren’t too troubled when reading this.
@Jack Hayes: Remember people said there would be no snow.. and then there was loads of snow and people needed to be rescued in Cork and kerry . Just because the weather might not affect where you live does not mean it doesn’t affect others in the country. That’s how weather works. You are not the centre of the universe. Grow up.
@Jack Hayes: weather is so ‘woke’ ;) (sarcasm)
@Jack Hayes: tell me you’re too thick to understand weather warnings without telling me you don’t understand weather warnings
Looks set to be the strongest storms in the last few years…
https://www.windy.com/-Wind-gusts-gust?ukv,gust,2025012409,52.424,-7.549,6
@David Jordan: That does look pretty bad.
@David Jordan: that’s a drama queen of a weather app, the last snow event it showed nearly 3 feet of snow for the west and more for the south two days before it was supposed to happen, there was just a dusting in the west a lot more in the south but not 3 feet. I just listen to the weather report on local radio It’s more accurate overall and it was in the last weather event.
@brendan C5: and I forgot to mention on the day itself it was showing nearly similar measurements.
@brendan C5: Strange, I use the app and never saw it predicting 3 feet of snow. I find it a decent app if you know what you’re doing and realise that no weather forecast is 100% accurate as it is impossible to predict the future.
@Diarmuid Hunt: well proper meteorology can predict weather measurements a few hours before the event with pinpoint accuracy, That app cannot it inflates everything, it’s a point and click zoom in zoom out app nothing complex about it. The 3 apps that are supported by met eireann,British met service and Norwegian met service are probably the best. But met eireann reports on local radio is the best.
@brendan C5: Point and click, zoom in, zoom out? That’s all you got from it? It is much more useful than that if you look at different settings and use it properly rather than just look at the wind in a given location at a given time.
@Diarmuid Hunt: Windy also has the ability to switch between weather models and sometimes the forecast can vary quite a bit between models. I have been using it for years now and I see it now provides 10 different weather forecast models. I think the forecasters do a good job overall and I like the weather warnings as they cause me to double check if I am affected. I do not subscribe to the people who think we have too many.
@Diarmuid Hunt: yeah, I saw 40cm of snow over a two day period on it for north Kerry/limerick/ clare on it…… It’s very accurate for winds I find
@Luke Littler: Not my job… I just enjoy watching the weather forecasts
@David Jordan: It’s all popping off apparently!… massive hurricane level winds some 500kms off coast, not tracking over us but not that far! Insane to think that it’s -2 and snowing in New Orleans rn too.
It will be just wet and windy like any winter storm on the day.
@Brian k.: You’re pointing out that a storm will be wet and windy? Nothing gets past you, eh?
@Brian k.: but better to know in advance, no? Which is why we’ve always had weather forecasts of 1 kind or another since the dawn of humanity.
Met Eireann’s website and app are fine. if you know how to use them. The Radar particularly handy when working outdoors with showers due. I could work it so we had breaks when the weather was just about to turn.
The 3 day forecast is usually fairly accurate but things do change quickly at times. Always remember it is a FORECAST not a promise!
Lovely picture, what’s winf thou??
@Sea Spirit: That’s the sound the wind makes… obviously… :-D
@Ich: Hahaha very good.
@Sea Spirit: an older but still desirable wins
There’s an even bigger one coming in after it Sunday morning which they haven’t reported on yet according to windy.com
@Dixie: fourth last paragraph in this article.
“Met Éireann adds that the weather is expected to remain very unsettled at the weekend, with strong winds and the potential for further heavy rainfall.”
I an no Storm
I blame the haarp facility for this one
I just looked at the Met Eireann website and it says, fog, rain and strong gusts of winds. With a yellow alert for parts of the country.
Nothing wrong or bad or scaremongering about it!
@Gary Kearney: The unknown is always a little intimidating for some, for others a super interesting connection to being on a rock spinning around a ball of fire.
Quick buy all the bread milk and toilet rolls. There is a storm coming!!!!!!!!
That bike ride looks like lot of fun fooking hell…..
It’ll be a doddle but beware storm Bilbo Baggins!
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