Weather Warning: STATUS RED Wind Warning for Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork and Kerry. Ex-hurricane Ophelia is expected to bring severe winds and stormy conditions on Monday. Mean wind speeds in excess of 80 km/h and gusts in excess of 130km/h are expected, potentially causing structural damage and disruption, with dangerous marine conditions due to high seas and potential flooding. Valid from Monday 16 October 2017 09:00 to Tuesday 17 October 2017 03:00 – from Met Éireann
RED WIND WARNING ISSUED
For Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway & Mayo
Valid: Mon 9am – Tues 3am
Gusts in excess of 130km/hhttps://t.co/LIC2EnKayX pic.twitter.com/XfXqxxrHox— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 14, 2017
Gorgeous satellite presentation of Hurricane #Ophelia S of the Azores, making her way towards Ireland and the UK over the next 2 days. pic.twitter.com/N5JajjjzvT
— UK Weather Updates (@UKWX_) October 14, 2017
2/2) Latest data #Ophelia violent storm force over land, hurricane force gusts in exposed areas. W, SW to SE storm surge of 2m. #Prepare pic.twitter.com/kn6PJJLfoV
— ☀Metalert Ireland☀ (@MetAlertIreland) October 14, 2017
Category 2 Hurricane #Ophelia will approach SW coast of Ireland Mon AM as strong extra tropical system w/ sustained hurricane force winds. pic.twitter.com/82i6vLaWnm
— NWS Key West (@NWSKeyWest) October 14, 2017
Latest update on hurricane #Ophelia heading towards UK & IRL pic.twitter.com/cG2eb5zCPL
— Oliver Burke (@olivergburke) October 14, 2017
How will Hurricane #Ophelia impact us in the UK…@5_News @metoffice pic.twitter.com/YmjaFo6Eqi
— Chris Page (@ChrisPage90) October 13, 2017
One thing I love about my job is the surprises- who would’ve guessed 24 hours ago that #Ophelia would make another run at 100 kt overnight! pic.twitter.com/pStZ4lZJWZ
— Eric Blake ♟ (@EricBlake12) October 14, 2017
As ex-hurricane #Ophelia approaches it's set to turn warmer into this weekend and Monday, but how warm? pic.twitter.com/TrcUqTx7Ne
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 13, 2017
Stunning depiction of post-tropical Hurricane #Ophelia as a warm-seclusion in my research maps from ECMWF (00z) 955-hPa central pressure pic.twitter.com/w3gs1je0tn
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) October 14, 2017
… and now the weather forecasters say there is possibly another even stronger storm in a week’s time. The Lord save us.
At +54hours from now : remnants of #Ophelia strikes UK and Ireland.
At +168hours : another storm is looming even heavier !@decornerforward pic.twitter.com/UgqobATn7W— MetRyanJ/Europe (@WinterExpert) October 14, 2017
