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Trick-or-treating is off the menu due to the coronavirus, but that might not be a bad thing for forecasters predicting a grim “howling Halloween.”
A Met Eireann report released this afternoon warned that the country is facing a nightmare week of heavy rains and winds with the possibility of coastal flooding.
Meteorologist Matthew Martin explained that the record hurricane season in the Atlantic is the cause of the horrible weather looming in the coming days.
He said: “In the wake of former Hurricane Epsilon heading towards Iceland yesterday, it appears that more moisture will be added to the frontal systems in the Atlantic later this week as former Hurricane Zeta leaves North America on Friday.
“The combination of these factors and the position of the Polar Jet-Stream appears to bring a very wet and potentially very windy period of time across Ireland this week.”
The Met Eireann Forecast Office is particularly concerned about how much rain will soak the country this week.
Martin said: “Successive frontal systems are expected to move across Ireland during the week and bring periods of heavy rain.
“The heaviest and most persistent rains are expected to affect Munster, Connacht and western Ulster, but all areas will experience bouts of heavy rain this week.
“Weather warnings have already been issued for Thursday and more warnings can be expected this weekend.”
The country will enter a period of spring high tides on Saturday, which may increase the possibility of coastal flooding, especially along the Atlantic coast.
And numerous high pressure systems found near Ireland this week will bring gales in offshore areas and strong winds on land.
Mr. Martin added: “At present, there is great uncertainty about the timing and magnitude of any wind event, but all areas will experience windy weather this week.
“As we approach the weekend, there is an increased risk of windy or potentially stormy conditions developing, as low pressure systems in the Atlantic experience rapid cyclogenesis (rapid intensification) as they approach at our expense.
“Current numerical weather models (NWP) show that the strongest winds associated with these systems remain offshore, but this may change in later production.”
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