Uh oh.
Met Éireann have issued an update on the weather this weekend – and it’s looking pretty grim.
A weather system, expected to be named Storm Callum, has been forecast to hit Ireland tomorrow night and last on-and-off into the weekend.
And after Met Éireann have issued a yellow advisory for the whole country – warning of “wet and very windy, possibly stormy, weather” this weekend – forecasters have now put out another update.
It reads:
“Some disruptive weather is expected Thursday night and early Friday, as a very deep low pressure system tracks northward about 150 to 200 miles to the west and this also coincides with spring tides.
“Very heavy rain and extremely windy conditions will sweep in off the Atlantic Thursday night, possibly stormy in some west and northern coastal areas.
“There will be heavy possibly thundery rain in many places overnight, with strong to gale force southeasterly winds developing, giving way to squally showers and strong to gale force south or southwesterly winds by Friday morning with damaging gusts, especially in Atlantic coastal areas, so take extreme care.
“Coastal flooding is also likely, due to the combination of high seas, high tides, strong winds and low pressure.
“However conditions should abate fairly quickly Friday afternoon with drier weather developing for a time.
“Another spell of very heavy, possibly thundery rain will push northwards later Friday, and rain will be widespread on Friday night and for a time on Saturday but turning drier and fresher later in the day and overnight.”
A country-wide weather advisory is currently in place from 11pm on Thursday night until 9pm on Saturday night.
In the status yellow caution, forecasters said:
“A spell of wet and very windy, possibly stormy, weather is expected on Thursday night/ Friday morning as a deep depression tracks Northwards to the West of Ireland.
“There is the risk of damaging gusts, especially along the West and Northwest coast.
There is the also the risk of coastal flooding due to high tides and surge.“Later Friday and continuing into Saturday there is the potential for some high totals of rainfall and flooding due to another area of low pressure and series of weather fronts., with the East and South particularly at risk.”
