Weather warnings are in place.
Met Éireann have stated that “there is the potential for a named storm to come close to Ireland later Thursday night and early Friday morning, as a deep area of low pressure is set to track northwards, to the west of Ireland”.
The stormy conditions are expected to hit Ireland later in the week and after a mild start to Thursday, conditions are set to deteriorate later in the evening.
“It looks as if it will be dry to start Thursday night. Then it is set to become extremely windy or stormy later Thursday night and for much of Friday morning. Strong to gale force and blustery south to southeast winds developing overnight will become southwesterly early Friday morning.
“This could well lead to some disruption, with some damaging gusts in places, but especially in exposed Atlantic coastal areas. There will be heavy rain, high seas and high tides too, with the added risk of coastal flooding,” state the meteorological service.
At present, there’s a Status Yellow rainfall warning in place for Donegal, Mayo and Sligo. It states that “a slow moving band of rain will continue to bring heavy rain at times with additional rainfall amounts of 25-40mm likely.”
This particular warning was originally issued at 12pm on Monday and it’s in effect until 3pm on Tuesday.
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