Storm Bert named by Met Eireann as 14-hour weather warning issued for all of Ireland
The big freeze will be replaced by stormy conditions, with the national forecaster officially naming Storm Bert this morning
Met Eireann has officially named Storm Bert as a spell of heavy rain and strong winds will follow the current cold snap, leading to a miserable weekend for most of the country.
The national forecaster named Storm Bert on Thursday morning and also issued a Status Yellow wind and rain warning for Ireland from Friday night, 10pm, into Saturday morning, expiring at midday.
The entire country is likely to face "very strong southeast to south winds coupled with heavy rain" overnight on Friday, with the possible impacts including localised flooding, travel disruption and fallen trees.
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 temperature, ice and snow warnings.
Strong winds and heavy rain are set to track northeastwards over the country on Friday night and stormy conditions will continue to dominate the weather over the weekend and into the early stages of next week, with Met Eireann likely to issue further weather warnings as certainty increases in the models.
"Turning very wet and windy with heavy rain extending from the southwest, accompanied by very strong and gusty southeasterly winds," a Met Eireann spokesperson said of Friday.
"Spot flooding is likely with some falls of sleet in places too, mainly across north and northwest counties. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees, coldest across Ulster."
Of Saturday and Sunday, the spokesperson added: "A wet and windy day with widespread heavy rain, leading to localised flooding. Some lying snow is likely starting out across northern areas. While the winds ease off into the afternoon, and the rain will push off, a further band of rain will follow from the west. Noticeably milder with highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees. Peak southerly winds will occur early on, backing southwesterly though the day. Wet and windy Saturday night with overnight lows of 8 to 10 degrees.
"Very windy or stormy with strong to gale force southwesterly winds. While many areas will remain dry with sunny spells, scattered heavy showers will occur too, the focus of these across Atlantic counties. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees. Very windy Sunday night with clear spells and heavy showers. Lows of 5 to 8 degrees."
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