Yet another weather warning, but this time it’s a little more serious.
Every county in Ireland apart from Laois will be affected by two fresh weather warnings issued by Met Éireann on Friday morning that will be valid from Saturday night until the early hours of Sunday.
After issuing a status yellow wind warning for ten counties at midnight last night, Met Éireann have now issued a status orange weather warning that will affect the entire province of Connacht, as well as Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford, Louth, Westmeath and Meath.
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The warning, which doesn’t come into effect until 9pm on Saturday night, warns of high winds from Storm Dylan, with mean wind speeds of 60 to 80km/h and gusts of up to 120km/h expected across Connacht and Ulster on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
While Connacht and Ulster will bear the brunt of the storm, the rest of the country won’t escape either, with Met Éireann issuing a status yellow wind warning for the entire province of Munster, as well as Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Offaly. Mean wind speeds of 50 to 65km/h are forecast, with gusts of up to 100km/h.
Like the status orange weather warning, that warning won’t come into effect until 9pm on Saturday night and will be valid until 6am on Sunday, with Laois the only county in the Republic of Ireland not affected in some way by either of the weather warnings.
If you are venturing out of doors this weekend, take care of yourself; it’s going to be a wild one.
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