Full list of orange and yellow warnings issued by Met Eireann as big freeze makes way for Storm Bert
A slew of weather warnings have been issued by Met Éireann ahead of Storm Bert bringing strong winds and intense rain showers to the country in the coming days.
The national forecaster named Storm Bert on Thursday morning and also issued a Status Yellow wind and rain warning for Ireland before later announcing a separate Status Orange rain warning for three counties.
Storm Bert will displace the current cold Arctic airmass, which brought snow and subzero temperatures to many areas of Ireland, resulting in a number of low temperatures, ice and snow warnings.
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Strong winds and heavy rain are set to track northeastwards over the country on Friday night and stormy conditions will continue to dominate over the weekend and into the early stages of next week.
Ahead of the storm, an advisory has been issued for Ireland by Met Éireann, together with a number of Orange and Yellow rainfall warnings, starting Friday night and into Saturday.
With other warnings still active from the freezing temperatures, here is a complete list of weather warnings active from Thursday until Saturday:
Weather Advisory
On Thursday, Met Éireann issued a Weather Advisory for Ireland ahead of Storm Bert.
The forecaster warned that very strong winds and heavy rain will track northeastwards over the country on Friday night with warnings already in place.
“Storm Bert will continue to dominate our weather through the weekend and into early next week and further warnings will be issued for this event,” the advisory warned.
The advisory is valid from midday on Thursday until midnight on Tuesday.
Status Yellow warnings
Ice and snow warnings
Status Yellow Low Temperature and Ice warning for all of Ireland came into effect at 8pm on Wednesday and will remain in place until midday on Friday.
Met Éireann warned it will remain “very cold with widespread frost, icy stretches and lying snow persisting” with possible impacts including hazardous conditions on roads and paths and some travel disruption.
A Status Yellow Snow and Ice Warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Derry issued by the UK Met Office for Northern Ireland has been valid from 3pm, and will remain in effect until 10am on Friday.
The Met Office warned: “Showers will fall as snow over hills, with icy patches elsewhere.”
Storm Bert warnings
Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow wind and rain warning for all of Ireland ahead of Storm Bert, warning very strong southeast to south winds are expected, coupled with heavy rain.
Possible impacts include localised flooding, travel disruption and fallen trees. The warning is valid from 10pm on Friday until midday on Saturday.
The UK Met Office has also issued a Yellow rain and snow warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry ahead of Storm Bert, which will bring a spell of rain, preceded by snow in places, on Friday night into Saturday, which may cause some disruption. The warning is valid from midnight on Saturday until 11am on Saurday.
A Yellow wind warning has also been issued for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry, which is valid from 5am on Saturday until 7pm on Saturday.
The Met Office warned that Storm Bert will bring strong winds for a time on Saturday, which may cause some disruption in places.
Status Orange warning
Met Éireann issued a Status Orange Rain alert for Cork, Kerry, and Galway, warning that Storm Bert will bring intense falls of rain over a short period of time.
Some impacts include surface flooding, possible river flooding and very difficult travelling conditions. The warning is valid from midnight on Saturday until 10am on Saturday.
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