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THE COAST GUARD is warning the public to be aware of dangerous weather conditions expected tomorrow, and to avoid going out along the coast.
Earlier today, Met Éireann issued a severe weather warning for tomorrow as high winds and heavy rains are expected.
Gale force easterly winds are expected to veer south-easterly to southerly during the day, accompanied by heavy rainfalls of up to 50mm. Higher rainfall is possible in mountainous areas. There is also a risk of coastal and river flooding, as well as localised spot flooding.
Particularly difficult conditions are forecast for south Munster and east Leinster.
The Coast Guard is advising the public not to go out on exposed coasts, cliffs, piers, harbour walls, beaches, promenades or other coastal areas during the bad weather.
Huge waves can be whipped up by high seas, the Coast Guard warned this evening, and these can be hazardous to anyone close to the shore.
People should also refrain from engaging in water sports. The owners of small vessels and fishing vessel in coastal waters should seek shelter for the vessels and secure them properly.
“Flooded urban areas may contain many hazards, not least of which include submerged open manholes and downed power lines,” Irish Coast Guard manager Declan Geoghegan advised. ”The combination of tides, forecasted gale warnings for the next day or so, high sea conditions and swollen rivers may result in very dangerous conditions.”
“Do not attempt to cross at fast running river or flood water fords as they may be stronger and deeper than you think.”
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With Met ?ireann predictions lately, we can expect glorious sunshine tomorrow.
I was thinking the same.. I just go by the bbc nowadays . much more accurate .
The bbc do not show the weather for Ireland.
Wrong again mark larson!!
On the bbc website they show the world weather and that changes daily never accurate, BBC news on the Tv do not show the weather for Ireland.
I find http://www.yr.no the most accurate of them all to be honest. Norwegain crowd. Pretty spot on most of the time.
To be fair the Met sometimes overestimates but rarely underestimates.
BBC not only show the weather for the whole island they also cover regional forecasts broken up into three-hour intervals. Wrong again Mark.
Paddy i watched the 6pm news on the BBC tonight, they showed the weather for N.I, the south of Ireland was blank as usual………….I wish they did show the weather for the whole of ireland on the bbc news as i visit alot…..
Typical bbc news weather Patrick.
Yer both correct really, BBC television doesn’t show weather for Ireland (why would it?) But their website does.
For the millions of UK tourists that visit Ireland, like myself. More english tourists visit the south of Ireland than the north. I would like to see the BBC news show the weather for the whole of Ireland.
Mark the weather for Irish regions is comprehensively covered by the BBC.
Thats True alright Mark, but i guess as a whole they don’t do the weather for where people might be going, although saying that maybe thats why RTE have the world weather on a tuesday evening showing Australia in detail. (so we can see how the family are getting on ;p )
The BBC weather is regional I think. BBC NI shows different weather to the BBC in London. Anyway, that’s what the corgi down the road says. And he knows everything.
I hope all you dubs down in tramore are safely strapped in to your caravans cause your in for a bumpy ride!!!
How’s that suntan coming along, Pat?
Gales expected to batter the East coast tonight. Except of course for Bray, where Katie Taylor is expected to batter the gales.
Gotta be comment of the week! :)
I’ll send €2.40 onto you Chris that’s what you get after tax , prsi, usc, pension levy, and the licence to own a kite ;)
Ten euro says there won’t be enough wind even to fly a kite
There’s enough wind to fly a kite today so your going to loose that bet, infact it really doesn’t need to be very windy to fly a kite
You can fly a kite in no wind, just need to do a bit of running. You can post the €10 to me :-)
Kite nerds ;)
I was going to call them kurds but thats a whole different meaning
The first rule of Kite Club is,you don’t talk about Kite Club.
pay up, Michelle!
I can never understand why people stand so close to the coast, whether it’s a promenade, cliff, rocks etc. Can people really be that lacking in fear of their own safety (Stooopid is as Stooopid does)
Yes I agree totally that is why I spend my time in or around Athlone while keeping an eye on the river at the same time.
looks like rain ted!
Gale force winds, 50mm of rain in one day, sounds like the last two months really!
i can see the headlines in the paper now..”Ireland has to endure wind and rain in the summer shocker”
Bring it on!! :D
‘People should also refrain from engaging in water sports’..No shit Sherlock
Or do they mean a fifty shades ‘water sports’??
Really, I have a water polo match tonight in our local swimming pool. Its a semi-final match and I’ve already paid up. wonder if I can get my money back . hmmm
I’m in Waterford at the moment and there’s a storm brewing alright and it’s lashing already.
Some weather for the Olympic team homecoming OUTSIDE the mansion house tomorrow.
They said it would be lashing tonight and one of me lads had training. He came home soaking alright. Dripping in sweat.
I bet you they can tell the weather as it happens tho.
Ok I’ve read all the comments and I think I’ll get out the sun screen tomorrow cause it will be the hottest day tomorrow
With met eireann it’s when they say it’s a glorious day tomorrow I get worried
Seriously I drove through south Tipperary and I have to say truthfully the rain was quite wet
This is the most detailed forecast for tonight/tomorrow:
http://www.meteotimes.net/2012/08/weather-alert-strong-winds-and-heavy.html
Excerpt:
“This is likely to become an explosive deepening situation. The models may not be catching the full severity of the storm because it will reach a lower central pressure on almost a meso-scale basis when the vortex interacts with the warm, humid air now present. ”
“As I’ve stressed in other situations, central pressure is important but so is rate of pressure change. That will be unusually large for a summer season low and this storm may become similar to the gale that hit the southwest in January 2010. I think this was almost concurrent with the Haiti earthquake. Very strong winds and a continuous roaring sound were reported by several of our observers with that one. But now the trees are all in full leaf and that could greatly increase the potential for wind damage. Also we now have August sea surface temperatures and humidity levels which would increase the rainfall potential as well as the wind potential in similar energy regimes.”
“Although the track might make it appear that the west is most at risk, there will be impacts all around the country with the possible exception of sheltered parts of east Ulster.”
@ bobo lol – I owe €2.40 after deductions, what a great day if your a duck !
People complaining that the BBC don’t mention Ireland in weather forecasts probably don’t realise that years ago they used to, but the Irish tourism authorities asked them to stop because so frequently the forecast was “rain over Ireland will spread”! This was believed to give the impression that it rarely stopped raining in Ireland (shome mishtake, shurely?) and put off prospective tourists. So nowadays the Beeb just talks about “rain will spread from the west”
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