A leading Irish weather expert has issued a warning about a “potentially severe” storm expected to reach Ireland early next week.
On Saturday, Cathal Nolan from Ireland’s Weather Channel said the likelihood of a storm hitting Ireland on Tuesday is “increasingly likely,” with risks of power outages, fallen trees, and broadband disruptions in the worst-affected regions, reports The Mirror.
The possibility of a storm comes as the UK Met Office has issued a Status Yellow rain warning for all six counties in Northern Ireland — Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone. Heavy rain could cause some disruption on Sunday morning and afternoon, with the warning active from 8am to 3pm.
Looking beyond the weekend, the precise path and strength of the incoming weather remain uncertain, with Met Éireann noting “an unusual amount of uncertainty” regarding the potential for strong winds from Monday night into Tuesday, reports The Mirror.
Nolan echoed that uncertainty but highlighted a scenario now appearing more likely, also flagged by the UK Met Office on Saturday, where a storm could mainly affect Ireland on Tuesday.
If named, the storm would be called Storm Bram, following Storm Amy, the first named storm of the season in early October, reports The Mirror.
“It’s increasingly likely that a strong area of low pressure, a storm depression, is going to pass to the west of Ireland as we go late into Monday night and particularly so during Tuesday, with extremely strong winds potentially for western parts, leading to power outages, leading to the possibility of broadband damage as well as leading to the felling of trees and transport disruption,” said Nolan, reports The Mirror.
The forecaster added that the south, west, and northwest are likely to be hardest hit if the storm arrives, though all areas would experience very strong winds.
Earlier on Saturday, Irish weather expert Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather, who has been providing frequent updates, said: “Latest weather model updates for Tuesday continue to show uncertainty on the track of potential storm. The UKMO model has the worst outcome this morning. The conveyor belt of low systems will continue coming across the Atlantic with risk of more storms this coming week,” reports The Mirror.
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