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#StormDiana Live Updates – Weather Warning: Status Yellow – Wind

ByCork Safety Alerts News

Nov 27, 2018




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28/11/2018 13:30

As #StormDiana moves further up the country. Met Eireann have downgraded the weather warning in Cork, to a status yellow warning.

Status Yellow – Wind Warning for Ireland

  • Gale force winds associated with Storm Diana on Wednesday: South to southwest winds of 55 to 65 km/h will gust 90 to 110 km/h.

Issued/Updated: Tuesday 27 November 2018 11:00
Valid: Wednesday 28 November 2018 05:00 to Wednesday 28 November 2018 18:00

Image: Met Éireann website.
Image: Met Éireann website.

 

28/11/2018: Met Éireann have issued an updated status orange weather warning for wind associated with #StormDiana for Cork.

  • Forecasters say severe winds associated with #StormDiana on Wednesday: South to southwest winds of 65 to 80 km/h will gust 110 to 130 km/h. High Seas also, with a risk of coastal flooding.

Issued/Updated: Tuesday 27 November 2018 11:00
Valid: Valid from Wednesday 28 November 2018 06:00 to Wednesday 28 November 2018 12:00

The earlier Status Yellow weather warning, has now been upgraded to a Status Orange weather warning.

  • South to southwest winds of 65 to 80 km/h will gust 110 to 130 km/h. High Seas also, with a risk of coastal flooding.

Valid: Valid from 06:00 Wednesday 28-November-2018 until 12:00 Wednesday 28-November-2018

The Road Safety Authority Ireland have issued a press release ahead of #StormDiana‘s arrival. Read this here: https://csalert.info/2DLrKnC

28th November 2018

07:20: Flight Cancellations: A number of flights were cancelled this morning, including; Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Amsterdam, Paris and London. It’s advisable to check with your airline for updates on flight statuses this morning.

07:00: The Cross River Ferry has been suspended due to high winds.

27th November 2018

An Update from Cork City Council 16:44:

Roads & parking areas along low-lying quays in Cork city centre may suffer localised spot flooding at high tide tomorrow morning (08:58), Wednesday. Traffic restrictions may be in place from approximately 08:00 to 10:00 hours and may apply to Morrison’s Island, Fr. Matthew Quay, Union Quay, Wandesford Quay, Frenche’s Quay and Crosses Green.

Meteorologists Commentary on #StormDiana:

Information to follow was included by Meteorologist Liz Walsh on Tuesday 27th November
The cool easterly airflow which persisted for much of last week has now given way to a much more unsettled but milder Atlantic regime. It’s a complex set-up out in the Atlantic at present with several low pressure centres and frontal waves in the mix. The first active period of weather from one of these low centres, which produced very wet and windy conditions for many on Tuesday morning the 27th November, has cleared and there will be a lull in the weather through the rest of Tuesday before the next system arrives.

This next low pressure system carries (and will keep) the name of Storm Diana. It was named by the Portuguese Met Service due to the orange level warning conditions it produced for the Azores archipelago on the evening and night of Monday the 26th November. Storm Diana will produce some severe and potentially damaging winds as it moves northwards to the west of Ireland on Wednesday and a number of warnings have been issued in relation to this event.

Image: Met Eireann
Image: Met Eireann

A yellow wind warning has been issued for the 26 counties that we have responsibility for. Winds are expected to reach mean wind speeds of 55 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 110km/h. Additionally two orange level wind warnings have been issued for the southern and western coastal counties of Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford, Clare and Galway to warn of the potential for orange level winds – mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h and gusts of 110 to 130km/h. These orange level winds will mostly occur in coastal regions of these counties and about high ground and there is also the added risk of coastal flooding due to very high seas.

The strongest winds on Wednesday will be coming from a slightly different direction (south to southwesterly) than the strongest winds on Tuesday (southeasterly), which will produce some differences in how they are experienced in different parts of the country i.e. weaker or stronger depending on exposure.

Accompanying the wind, some heavy rainfall as well, with Connacht and west Ulster likely to bear the brunt of the wettest conditions.


 

 

 

 

Met Éireann have issued a nationwide status yellow weather warning for wind on Wednesday.

  • Forecasters say that gale force winds associated with #StormDiana on Wednesday: South to southwest winds of 55 to 65 km/h will gust 90 to 110 km/h.  

Issued/Updated: Tuesday 27 November 2018 11:00
Valid: Wednesday 28 November 2018 05:00 to Wednesday 28 November 2018 16:00



By Cork Safety Alerts News