But 110kph winds at home are ‘not linked to Irma’
FORECASTERS have said the strong winds that swept parts of the country yesterday and were due to reach up to 110kph in coastal areas overnight were not linked to Hurricane Irma.
There were heavy showers and strong winds nationwide yesterday. And according to Met Éireann, the changeable weather is set to continue into the week
Last night, a yellow wind warning was in place for counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork and Kerry. That was set to stay in place until 9am today. But the meteorological service said the conditions had no connection to Irma. ‘We issued preliminary weather warnings on Friday for the winds for Sunday and have updated them subsequently. We also have a rainfall warning out for parts of the country too,’ forecaster Pat Clarke said yesterday.
‘Dublin is a bit of a false picture. It’s quite bright and sunny here. There’s a lot of heavy showers around the country and there’s a lot of blustery winds around the country. The worst of the winds will probably be from Sunday afternoon till about midnight, maybe a bit longer. There will be some heavy showers on Monday and the winds won’t be as strong – – but it’ll still be a breezy day.’
Mr Clarke added: ‘The rest of the week is very unsettled.
‘We’re in a changeable regime at the moment, so there’ll be further heavy rain coming in during the course of Tuesday, from the Atlantic. It’ll be quite showery on Wednesday again and maybe a bit drier later on in the week.’
Today will continue to be mainly dry in the east and south, with sunny spells.
But elsewhere, it will be a very showery day, with some further downpours likely but some sunny spells too. It will be cool and blustery with temperatures ranging from 14C to 17C.
Tomorrow, it will be mostly cloudy, with scattered outbreaks of rain. Temperatures will reach highs of 13C-16C and a lows of 7C-9C with a possibility of strong winds.
Wednesday will have sunny spells and scattered showers with showers most frequent in the north and west.