Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange Wind Warning for the following counties: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Cavan, Monaghan, Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway and Roscommon.
Advice to schools to defer opening times for the morning has been part of the warnings all evening and Kerry has been upgraded to a Red Warning status tonight
The warning includes unusually stormy weather for the remainder of Sunday night and Monday due to Storm Debi with severe and damaging gusts.
Exposed and Vulnerable Structures
Possible impacts: Damage to exposed and vulnerable structures; Dangerous travelling conditions; – Disruption to services; Damage to power lines; Fallen trees/branches. Valid from 2am Monday to 10am on Monday. Issued at: 15:00 Sunday 12-11-2023
Conditions are being forecast as very windy or stormy on Sunday night and Monday due to Storm Debi, accompanied by heavy rain with a chance of embedded thunderstorms and hail.
No Harm to Prepare
Possible impacts: Fallen trees and branches; Localised flooding including wave over-topping; Hazardous travelling conditions.
Even though we rarely get the extremes of these weather warnings here in the Castleisland area, we still know and remember what storms are capable of – and the wind is rising considerably now as I write. It’s no harm to tie or weigh down anything that’s likely to be blown away in such conditions. And the crows knew there was something in the air judging by their antics all day.
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