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19th Oct 2017

Met Éireann warns that 7 counties should expect winds up to 130 km/h this weekend

Storm Brian has been upgraded to include Status Orange wind warnings in part of the country.

Rory Cashin

Storm Aileen

As Storm Brian approaches, Met Éireann continues to issue more weather warnings.

In light of the aftermath of Hurricane Ophelia, which resulted in the tragic deaths of three people across the country, all eyes are on the new approaching storm to ensure its path and strength are predicted as early as possible, with as much advance warning being given as possible.

In the early hours of Thursday morning, we got word that the Storm would be going through something called “explosive cyclogenesis“, which is basically a sudden and drastic deepening of area of low pressure, which means a lot more wind than expected is heading our way.

On Wednesday, two days after ex-Hurricane Ophelia wreaked havoc in parts of the country, Met Éireann issued two status yellow weather warnings, a rainfall warning for the entire province of Munster and eight counties in Leinster and a wind warning for the entire country.

On Thursday afternoon, they issued a further two weather warnings, combined into one Status Orange wind warning for Wexford, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Galway, Mayo and Waterford.

The warning states as follows:

West to Southwest winds veering Northwest will reach mean speeds of 65-80 km/h with gusts 110-130 km/h in coastal parts of Munster and coastal parts of Wexford with the risk of coastal flooding, as storm Brian tracks Eastwards across central and Southern parts of Ireland.

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