Storm Hannah to bring wind and rain to Northern Ireland tomorrow
Eighth storm of the season just named by Met Éireann ⚠️💨🌲🍃
Hold on to your hats, after a glorious Easter weekend with record breaking temperatures and wall-to-wall sunshine, the harsh wintry weather looks set to make a brief return.
The Met Office and Met Éireann are advising of wet and blustery conditions as a deep area of low pressure is expected hit bringing possible disruption to parts of the province.
According to forecasters; "A spell of northwesterly winds are expected through Friday evening, continuing overnight into the first part of the weekend. Strong gusts of 45-55mph are likely along coasts."
The Met Office has not issued any Northern Ireland warnings (yet), southern parts of the UK and Ireland are expected to bear the brunt of the strongest winds.
Bands of heavy squally showers could present an additional hazard.
So how is the rest of the weekend shaping up?
NORTHERN IRELAND FOUR DAY FORECAST
Thursday - Cloud and showery rain will spread up from the south by early afternoon. Brightening up again later but still the odd shower around. High 14°C
Friday - Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Brightening up for a time in the afternoon before more persistent rain arrives in the evening. High 13°C
Saturday - A wet and windy start on Saturday then a sunnier afternoon. High 12°C
Sunday - A dry and bright start to Sunday but becoming cloudy with some rain. High 12°C
STORM NAMES FOR THE 2018/2019 SEASON
Storms are named by the Met Office or, in Ireland, Met Eireann, in order to raise public awareness of approaching bad weather.
In September, the Met Office and Met Éireann unvealed a list of the names of this seasons storms.
First introduced in 2015, this is the fourth year they have jointly run the ‘Name our Storms’ scheme, aimed at raising awareness of severe weather before it hits.
The first storm was ‘male’ and named Ali, while the second storm will be ‘female’ and named Bronagh, following the alternating male/female pattern established by the US National Hurricane Center in the 1970s.