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Met Éireann has extended a yellow status warning for thunder and lightning to northern Ulster.
Slow moving storm clusters bring heavy rain and hail along with thunder and lightning until 10 p.m. from this night.
The original warning for all of Munster has now been extended to Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wicklow, Offaly, Monaghan and Galway.
Forecasters warn that there is also a risk of flooding in those counties.
Localized torrential rain and slow thunderstorms for a time with hail tonight, mainly in the southern half of the country with some further north. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/veAjakd8b1
– I met Éireann (@MetEireann) May 9, 2020
Yellow storm status warning instead of Munster
Munster has a yellow storm status warning until 10 p.m.
Met Éireann says there is a possibility of downpours and lightning in some parts.
Forecaster Deirdre Lowe says more areas of the interior of the province will experience the brunt of thunderstorms.
Mountain stacks just north of Tralee. Heavy rain or rain and hail after about 2 hours of thunder @ Meteorite58 @CarlowWeather pic.twitter.com/1355Hv4M51
– Michael Boyle (@ Michael77221049) May 9, 2020
“There are thunderstorms and they are brewing and getting more intense throughout the afternoon with the high temperatures and the sun that we are experiencing right now,” Lowe said.
“The air is very unstable, so there will be localized downpours, some lightning and thunder activity from now until 10 at night tonight.
“It is mainly about Munster.”
See below for thunderstorm activity, mostly in Munster this afternoon. ⛈️
The rays, when they occur, are shown as a cross. Initially they are red but change to orange and then yellow after a period, then they disappear.
For more information visit: https://t.co/YJqxvBBwTs pic.twitter.com/3ot01s5fmU
– I met Éireann (@MetEireann) May 9, 2020
Ms. Lowe said that inland areas will be the hardest hit by coastal areas that will miss the worst.
This is because inland temperatures tend to get hotter.
“Parts of Munster for the rest of the day, but it’s not really a coastal effect, it’s where the temperatures are highest and Munster is experiencing the best of temperatures today.”
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