Concerns have been expressed over an exceptionally active Atlantic hurricane season, which may directly affect Ireland’s weather. Ex-hurricanes and tropical storms that originate off the east coast of America and veer eastward over the Atlantic have Ireland right in their path, reports The Mirror.
When Hurricane Beryl became the first-ever category 4 hurricane of the calendar year at the end of June, the season was formally underway. Debby followed Beryl, who caused a great deal of damage in the Caribbean Islands, in early August.
Hurricane Ernesto is now located in the western Atlantic and may move near Ireland in the next several days. Although its exact course is unknown, Met Eireann has warned that its remains may provide rainy, windy conditions in Ireland in the coming days.
A forecaster said: “Hurricane Ernesto is forecast to transition to a mid-latitude storm near northeastern Canada early next week with its remnants then tracking eastwards into the open Atlantic. As is typical with these systems there is a high degree of uncertainty in the forecast, but current indications suggest Ireland may experience some associated wet and windy weather on Wednesday (21st Aug) through to Thursday (22nd of Aug),” reports The Mirror.
The national meteorologist was unable to completely rule out the prospect of issuing weather alerts for the upcoming week. According to its general prediction, low pressure will predominate and bring periods of rain and showers throughout the week, coupled with occasionally windy weather, from Monday, August 19 to Sunday, August 25.
Most of the country is anticipated to have above-average rainfall, with the west and northwest seeing the greatest accumulations. The predicted temperature will be close to or below average. There may be rain warnings throughout this time, reports The Mirror.
More hurricanes and tropical storms are predicted to emerge in the upcoming months, and Ireland may be affected by them, according to warnings.
Met Eireann said in a statement: “At the end of June, the first major hurricane, Beryl, kicked-started the season in the Atlantic on what promises to be a bumper year for the Atlantic hurricane season. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season occurs on September 10th with most hurricanes usually happening between mid-August and mid-October,” reports The Mirror.
“Hurricanes do influence, mostly indirectly, our weather here in Ireland. Sometimes they push warmer tropical maritime airmasses towards us which can be good news if it’s accompanied by high pressure, but when those tropical airmasses are accompanied by low pressure it can result in unstable warm humid air, causing thunderstorms and potentially severe flooding,” it added, reports The Mirror.
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