Met Éireann – ‘Storm Alex to bring wet and windy weather to Ireland for the rest of the week’

Storm Alex has been named by the French national meteorological service and Met Éireann has confirmed that it will bring wet and windy weather to Ireland for the rest of the week.

Met Éireann has stated this afternoon that Storm Alex has been named by Météo France and will ‘bring wet and windy weather across France, Britain and Ireland over the rest of the week.’ The news comes as Met Éireann forecasts that ‘heavy showers with hail and isolated thunderstorms are possible’ on Thursday before a weekend of wet and windy weather across the country…

Storm Alex has been named by @meteofrance

See its development on our new wind and streamlines product. The colours use the warning levels of yellow, orange and red for wind speeds.

Latest forecast for Ireland: https://t.co/9gKN6SVok4 pic.twitter.com/EE5XxS367l

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) September 30, 2020

The below infographic gives us an idea of the level of rainfall we can expect between now and lunchtime on Friday…

Here is the latest cloud and rainfall forecast from our HARMONIE weather model. It covers the period from now until 1300hrs Friday.

For our National forecast and outlook:https://t.co/9gKN6SVok4 pic.twitter.com/d1Q6TieEVD

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) September 30, 2020

If you have any plans to go out, and let’s face it most of us won’t due to Covid-19 restrictions, now might be a good time to alter them. A more detailed forecast for the days ahead can be found here.

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