Max Wind Gusts on ARPEGE and ICON for #StormHannah which is currently developing out in the Atlantic. Will be interesting to see what the overnight updates on models show.

I’ll have an update in the morning with latest info. ... See more

A shower above Carlow earlier this morning as captured from Rossmore.

Weather warnings have been issued for Storm Hannah now, details at end of post and in image.

Tomorrow will start off breezy with so showers, they will clear and then early tomorrow evening rain will arrive in the Southwest along with strengthening winds as shown in the charts here.

The ICON weather model charts here for wind gusts show damaging gusts in the Southwest and also possibly across the southern counties but this model can over estimate the gust speeds a little so stay tuned for more updates later.

The rain will clear East coast by around 8am Saturday morning and winds will slowly ease with windy hut mainly dry Saturday, temps around 12c to 13c.

Sunday will be cloudy with some patches of drizzle or light showers but just light breeze and up to 15c.

Monday looks unsettled with showers but trends show it May settled down after that for a few days with sunny spells and around 15c.

Stay tuned for more updates later.

Warning details from Met Éireann:

Status Orange - Wind warning for Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick

Becoming stormy on Friday evening and overnight as Storm Hannah moves in. Southerly winds, later veering northwesterly will reach mean speeds of 65-80 km/h with gusts of 110 to 130 km/h.

Be prepared for possible disruption and power outages

Valid: Friday 26 April 2019 16:00 to Saturday 27 April 2019 05:00

Issued: Thursday 25 April 2019 09:00

Updated: Thursday 25 April 2019 09:00

Status: Yellow
Wind warning for Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly, Donegal, Tipperary and Waterford
Status Yellow - Wind warning for Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly, Donegal, Tipperary and Waterford

Becoming very windy on Friday night and for a time on Saturday morning. Southerly winds will veer northwesterly and reach mean speeds of 50-65km/h with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h.

Valid: Friday 26 April 2019 23:00 to Saturday 27 April 2019 09:00

Issued: Thursday 25 April 2019 10:00

Updated: Thursday 25 April 2019 10:00 ... See more

‪The next storm has been named #StormHannah now by Met Éireann with warnings coming this morning.‬

Latest overnight models show storm bringing some damaging gusts to Southwest tomorrow evening with a rough night across southern half of the Country tomorrow night. Stay up to date with forecast as weather warnings will he issued.

ECMWF also increases impact with some severe gusts on latest charts, those living in the Southwest need to keep a close eye on this one! ... See more

Still a lot of uncertainty on the track and instensity of the storm that will approach from the West Friday evening. GFS has it a little further south and less intense than some models but still a rough night.

ICON (second one shown in video)and some other models have it a little further north and more powerful with a risk of some very damaging gusts in the Southwest. One to keep a close eye on. ... See more

‪While details on the track and intensity of possible storm for Friday evening through to Saturday Morning are uncertain Met Éireann have an advisory for Cork and Kerry:‬

‪Potential for stormy conditions for the southwest later on Friday and early Saturday.‬

‪Valid: Friday 26 April 2019 18:00 to Saturday 27 April 2019 06:00‬

I’ll have an update later. ... See more

‪The sun sets over Carlow after 6 great days of weather with at least one Met Éireann station recording 20.0c or above for the last 6 days!‬

It is all change now though with cooler and more unsettled weather.

Showers from tomorrow morning and increasing to more prolonged rain later in the day with risk of some thundery downpours, turning much cooler by evening.

Thursday will be very showery also with spells of prolonged rain and thundery downpours, cool and breezy.

Friday looks windy and showery and a little cooler again.

There is a risk of a storm tracking close to the South coast Friday night and Saturday but the track remains uncertain so stay up to date with forecasts.

The weekend looks cool and unsettled. ... See more

‪Up to 18c as the sun returns to Carlow but enjoy it while you can, turning cooler and unsettled from tonight!‬

A lovely day across most of Ireland as this Satellite image shows and staying mild tomorrow but some scattered showers developing later but few and far between.

Some people asking about Saharan dust which is being drawn up due to low system over Spain, some will reach as far as Ireland today and next couple of days as forecast charts show. Won’t cause major issues but will annoy you if you washed the car over the weekend!

I’ll have a forecast later for coming days. ... See more

A lovely day in most areas today away from the West Coast but sea fog did roll in on the South coast as these photos from Tramore show.

Another lovely day ahead tomorrow as rain stays out West and plenty of sunshine but winds will increase with strong breeze.

Make the most of it though as the weather is going to turn for the worse from around Thursday with a risk of cool, wet and windy weather next weekend! ... See more

‪Up to 20c already at my station and Phoenix Park reporting 19c at 11am. What a super Easter Sunday, best of the sunshine in Eastern half of the country.

The Carlow countryside looking well from above, photos just taken from my drone.‬ ... See more