03-08-2025
Met Eireann warn Ireland set for ‘unseasonably windy' weather as Storm Floris on way with 130kph gales and heavy rain
IRELAND is set for "unseasonably windy" conditions with fierce winds gusting over 130kph as Storm Floris makes landfall tonight.
Met Eireann have issued three Status Yellow warnings as weather experts warn "gusty" winds, reaching gale force along western and northern coasts.
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Met Eireann have issued three Status Yellow warnings
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They urged the public to take extreme care due to the latest major weather event
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Ireland's Weather Channel's Cathal has warned that Ireland is set to experience a "glancing blow" as Storm Floris makes landfall across the country tonight.
He added: "We'll start to see the winds pick up at around about 10:11pm off the west and northwest coast of Ireland.
"Storm Floris is expected to undergo cyclogenesis.
"That's a deepening of the area of low pressure as it interacts with the left exit zone of a rather strong jet stream that's flown around about 160kph a 170kph above our heads.
"As it interacts with that, it will deepen quite rapidly. And they will reach their peak in parts of the northwest and the north of Ireland as we go through the period from around about midnight right the way through until midday tomorrow.
"That's when the winds will get their strongest at their very peak."
He continued: "We're probably looking at between around about 4am to 8am when we'll see the strongest winds in Ireland from this storm around 100kph to 110kph.
"The impacts in terms of travel and transportation across Ireland is expected to be rather weak."
And Met Eireann have issued three Status Yellow warnings that's set to kick in between 2am and 4am.
A yellow wind warning for Clare, Galway, Mayo and Sligo will be in place from 2am until 1pm on Monday.
Met Eireann warned the public to expect "dangerous travelling conditions, outdoor events may be impacted, structural damage, fallen trees, debris and loose objects, power outages and wave overtopping".
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Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo will be on alert for heavy rain and potential lightning damage from 2am until 10am on Monday.
And Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan and Leitrim will be under a slightly later Status Yellow wind warning, in place from 4am on Monday.
Weather chiefs warned Storm Floris will bring "very strong and blustery southwest winds veering westerly, with some damaging gusts".
UK Met Office meteorologists yesterday said Floris could qualify as a "weather bomb" due to predicted air pressure levels before and during the storm, meaning the winds at the storm's centre would be extremely strong.
Met Eireann urged the public to take extreme care due to the latest major weather event striking over the August bank holiday weekend.
Cloudier conditions are expected today with rain and patches of rain and drizzle developing over parts of Connacht and Munster this evening.
Highest temperatures of 17C to 23C in moderate westerly winds.
Storm Floris will track to the northwest of Ireland tonight bringing unseasonably wet and windy weather with spells of rain, heavy at times in the north and northwest with some spot flooding possible.
Temperatures will not fall below 11C to 16C with southwesterly winds increasing strong and gusty, reaching near gale force along Atlantic coasts by morning.
Met Eireann added: "Bank Holiday Monday will start off wet and windy across the country with strong and gusty southwest to west winds, reaching gale force along western and northern coasts.
"The rain will clear eastwards through the morning with sunny spells and scattered showers to follow, most frequent in the north and northwest.
"Winds will gradually ease through the day with highest temperatures of 16C to 21C, coolest in the north and northwest."
Monday night will be mostly dry and clear with cloudier conditions and isolated showers in the north and northwest, spreading eastwards overnight.
It will be a mostly dry night with clear spells with cloudier conditions over parts of the north and northwest with isolated showers.
Lows of 10C to 13C in mostly moderate westerly breezes.
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Strong winds are on the cards for Ireland
