A status orange wind warning has been issued for Cork and Kerry effective from 8 pm tonight.
Damaging gusts of up to 120 kilometres an hour can be expected in some areas.
🚨 Weather Alert: Status ORANGE Warning 🚨
Wind warning for Kerry from 8.00pm to midnight tonight (Wednesday) with gusts of up to 120 km/h.
- Travel with extreme care on all routes
- Secure any items vulnerable to high winds
- Follow local and national forecasts and advice pic.twitter.com/pucEXABTYD— Kerry County Council - Comhairle Contae Chiarraí (@countykerry) March 10, 2021
Mathew Martin from Met Eireann says the worst of the winds will be felt in these two counties, as well as Clare.
But he says it should begin to ease tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, a yellow wind warning is in effect across the entire country until 7am tomorrow.
⚠️ UPDATE ⚠️
🌬️🟠 Orange wind warning now in force for #Cork & #Kerry where damaging gusts could reach around 120km/h for a time tonight
🌬️🟡 Yellow wind warning for most with gusts of around 80-100km/h this evening and tonight
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) March 10, 2021
Gusts of up to 110 kilometres an hour are expected along with heavy rain.
Matthew Martin says the winds are caused by a change in pressure:
"We have an area of low pressure just to the west of Ireland that will track across to the north."
So batten down the hatches, we're in for a windy Wednesday.
