Households across Ireland are being advised to assemble a nine-item emergency kit ahead of Storm Dave’s arrival.
Met Éireann has issued an uncommon nationwide four-day weather advisory spanning the entire Easter bank holiday weekend, from Friday right through to Monday. While conditions will stay unsettled throughout due to what meteorologists describe as a “very mobile Atlantic regime” and a “very active jet stream”, Saturday afternoon through to evening is anticipated to bring the most severe disruption.
A separate Status Yellow wind warning covering all counties will take effect at 1pm on Saturday and last until Sunday at 2am. Throughout this timeframe, there are risks of fallen trees and branches, wave overtopping, challenging travel conditions and loose debris being displaced, reports the Irish Mirror.
The national forecaster has cautioned that conditions remain subject to change. It stated: “The strongest of the winds will be in the northwest, with the possibility that changes in the forecast position and intensity of storm Dave, could lead to updates to the warnings, with the slight chance that Donegal could be upgraded to an orange level warning for a time.”
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