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16th Oct 2017

Met Éireann has revealed the areas with the worst weather during #Ophelia

Tomorrow will be cool and bright, you'll be happy to know...

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Ophelia

One location recorded a wind speed of 191km/h.

Storm Ophelia is starting to ease off and Met Éireann has said that it is beginning to move to Scotland.

The ex-hurricane has tragically claimed lives, it has closed roads and although people are venturing outside again, a Status Red weather warning is still in place for the whole of Ireland until 1am.

Met Eireann has revealed on Twitter the places with the strongest gusts during Storm Ophelia.

Many places clocked speeds of over 100km/h but there was one place that was head and shoulders above the rest.

Fastnet Lighthouse is the most southerly part of Ireland and had wind speeds of 191km/h today. The scary speed that was recorded by the Cork lighthouse was followed by its Rebel counter parts, Roches Point and Kinsale Platform.

There were also a lot of airports on the list, Waterford Airport had speeds of 137km/h, Cork Airport lost power but clocked a speed of 126km/h with Shannon Airport following closely behind.

They have said that tonight will be extremely windy and stormy with the occasional showers but the worst of the weather will affect the north-west in the short-term with heavy squally showers there.

South to southwest winds will continue to veer southwesterly in direction very slowly abating from the south overnight with long clear spells developing and temperatures of 7 to 10 Celsius.

They added that “Tuesday will be cool and bright with good sunny spells. Dry across most of Ireland, apart from a few showers, most of which will affect the northwest.

“Feeling fresh with maximum temperatures 12 to 15 degrees Celsius, in mostly light to moderate westerly breezes, breezy though along northern coasts. Cold after dark under clear skies.”