Weather warning issued for Cork as expert advises of potential difficulty for commuters

Strong winds, particularly in the west of Cork, are likely to cause difficulty during people’s morning commute tomorrow, a weather expert has warned.

A status yellow wind warning for Cork and Kerry has been issued this morning by Met Éireann, who have advised people to expect “very strong and gusty southerly winds”.

Potential impacts include some fallen trees or branches, difficult travelling conditions, debris and loose objects displaced.

The warning is valid from 4am to 8am tomorrow morning.

It follows a status yellow wind warning issued earlier for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford, set to begin at 6am and end at 10am.

Founder of Ireland’s Weather Channel and a climate scientist at UCC, Cathal Nolan told The Echo that winds of up 110km/h were possible along Irish Sea Coasts.

He explained: “A deepening area of low pressure with a central pressure reading of 979hPa is expected to pass close to the west coast of Ireland, with a tightening pressure gradient along an active cold front resulting in strong to gale force winds, with storm force gusts likely along south and east coasts during the early hours of tomorrow morning, continuing up to midday along Irish Sea coastal areas.” 

He said: “Generally winds across south Munster, south and east Leinster and East Ulster will gust to between 80 to 90km/h, however coast areas from Mizen Head, to Carnsore Point, to Wicklow Head to Fair Head will see gusts of 100 to 110kmh for a time before quickly easing later.

“Counties, Cork, Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Wicklow, Dublin, Meath, Louth, Down, Armagh and Antrim are most at risk.

“Winds of this speed will coincide for many with their morning commute, leading to tricky driving conditions, as well as causing some localised power outages in the aforementioned areas. Some travel disruption may occur for a time also.”