{"id":54751,"date":"2025-10-01T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/54751\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:49:08","slug":"weather-warnings-as-storm-amy-to-bring-rain-strong-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/54751\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather warnings as Storm Amy to bring rain, strong winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Storm Amy is forecast to hit Ireland tomorrow with Status Yellow rain warnings issued for 14 counties.<\/p>\n<p>Met \u00c9ireann said the warning will cover Cavan, Donegal, Munster, Connacht and Longford and will be in place from 6am until 8pm tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>It has warned of widespread rain which may lead to localised flooding, difficult travelling conditions and blocked drains.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, the forecaster said updates will be issued as &#8220;certainty increases&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It said that Friday will also be a wet and very windy day with heavy rain spreading northeastwards across the country and strong to near gale force southwesterly winds will develop.<\/p>\n<p>The weather will remain windy or blustery on Saturday with strong and gusty westerly winds, although there will be some sunny spells.<\/p>\n<p>Met \u00c9ireann said that based on current indications, the unsettled weather will continue into next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/ireland\/2025\/0901\/1531080-storm-names-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amy is the first named storm of the new season <\/a>which began on 1 September and runs until 31 August next year.<\/p>\n<p>The list is released by Met \u00c9ireann along with the national weather services of the UK and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\u26a0\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StormAmy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#StormAmy<\/a> has been named by the UK Met Office.\u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0fThis will bring heavy rainfall tomorrow with strong winds expected on Friday. A number of warnings will be issued today, with updates as certainty increases.<\/p>\n<p>\u2139\ufe0fStay updated at: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w5QtJ1V6un\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/w5QtJ1V6un<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PRk3RfoRDW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PRk3RfoRDW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Met \u00c9ireann (@MetEireann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetEireann\/status\/1973323043377390037\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The seven names chosen by Met \u00c9ireann are: Bram, Fionnuala, Gerard, Kasia, Marty, Patrick and Tadhg.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Met Office named Storm Amy earlier this morning and forecasters have issued a weather warning for heavy rain in parts of western and southern Scotland over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The Met Office yellow warning comes into force at 5pm this afternoon and runs until 6am on Friday and warns persistent, heavy rain may lead to transport disruption and flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The warning covers much of Scotland&#8217;s west coast, extending as far north as Skye and as far south as Irvine in North Ayrshire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Storm Season 2025-26 names Ireland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/00231954-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Met Office said: &#8220;The heaviest rain will be over hills and mountains although with pulses of heavier rain extending more widely at times, during Thursday in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From late Wednesday through to early Friday, 50-75mm of rain is expected to build up widely, with 100-150mm over west facing mountains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued three flood alerts, in Argyll and Bute, Skye and Lochaber, and Wester Ross.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting PA<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Storm Amy is forecast to hit Ireland tomorrow with Status Yellow rain warnings issued for 14 counties. 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