YOU MAY WELL experience some degree of difficulty conjuring up an image of anyone called Imogen causing the least bit of trouble.
Nevertheless, that’s the name we’ve been landed with by the Irish and UK met offices, ahead of this latest storm.
And by all accounts, it’s going to be pretty dramatic – if brief.
Three weather warnings are now in effect including one orange alert, the second most serious warning, for Cork and Kerry.
Here are the details:
Wind Warning for Cork and Kerry from 2am until 9am
Westerly winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 75 km/h with gusts of 100 to 120 km/h, strongest winds along the coast.
Wind Warning for Clare, Limerick and Waterford from 2am until 9am
Westerly winds will reach mean speeds of 55 to 65 km/h with gusts of 90 to 100 km/h, strongest winds along the coast.
Weather warning for Ireland – until midday
An Atlantic depression will track eastwards and bring storm force winds to southwest and southern coasts of Ireland on Sunday night and Monday morning. Consequently this feature will be called Storm Imogen. There will also be extreme waves along the southwest and west coast during this period with wave heights of between 12 and 15m possible.
Tonight will be cold, with temperatures down to between one and three degrees.
There’ll be further scattered showers or longer spells of rain tomorrow, with temperatures up by a few degrees.
Heading into the weekend, another cold snap is on the cards with sub-freezing temperatures at night – particularly in Ulster.
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