{"id":381665,"date":"2026-04-04T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381665\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:15:11","slug":"met-eireann-forecasts-100km-h-gusts-as-storm-dave-hits-ireland-and-yellow-warning-comes-into-effect-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381665\/","title":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann forecasts 100km\/h gusts as Storm Dave hits Ireland and yellow warning comes into effect \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\">Met \u00c9ireann<\/a> has updated its weather warnings for Mayo and Donegal as Storm Dave approaches from the Atlantic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The forecaster has issued a status yellow rain warning for the two counties, warning of possible localised flooding, poor visibility and difficult travel conditions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">A status yellow wind warning is in place for the entire country until 2am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">A yellow warning indicates strong to gale force winds, with very strong gusts bringing the potential for fallen trees, damage to property and hazardous driving conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Combined with heavy rain and high tides, Met \u00c9ireann is warning of the likelihood of wave overtopping, coastal flooding and spot flooding elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Dublin and eastern counties, which bore the brunt of Storm Chandra in January, are expected to escape the worst as the winds are mainly southerly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Rain in Dublin. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EGQFHNUXUJGZXLUIAB3MH2R2PU.JPG\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Rain in Dublin. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2026\/04\/02\/met-eireann-set-to-issue-weather-warnings-ahead-of-stormy-easter-weekend\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Storm Dave to bring strong winds and cold temperatures as Met \u00c9ireann issues yellow warningOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Storm Dave, the fifth named storm of the current season, which began last August, was named by the UK Met Office as the strongest impacts are expected in northern England and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Sleet and some heavy snowfalls are forecast in Scotland but there may also be sleet and hail on higher ground in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Temperatures on Easter Saturday are expected to be around normal for the time of year but it is likely to turn colder briefly on Sunday as the rain passes and Storm Dave gives way to more gusty, showery conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2026\/04\/03\/met-eireann-extends-yellow-wind-warning-for-ireland-into-sunday-as-storm-dave-approaches\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Met \u00c9ireann extends yellow wind warning for Ireland as Storm Dave approachesOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann has updated its weather warnings for Mayo and Donegal as Storm Dave approaches from the Atlantic.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,615,42,1191,43,40,38,41,39,18335,15950],"class_list":{"0":"post-381665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork","9":"tag-dublin","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-met-eireann","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories","17":"tag-weather-events","18":"tag-weather-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}