Looks like another storm developing out in the Atlantic at the moment. MT Cranium reckons there is only a 30% chance it'll hit but if it does it could be strong enough. It's predicted to hit Friday night/Saturday morning.

That apparently has dissipated.

Congrats! Why did I see you online on PS4 earlier?

Atlantic low due in Fri/Sat. The Euro has the strongest winds progged for the southern side of the storm, so Ireland 'should' escape the worst. Likely to get pretty breezy in southern/central England though

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Enjoy. Thought a bit of shooting people the day after your wedding was a strange mix!

A dramatic satellite image has just been released that shows a possible storm STRONGER than Ophelia could be heading for Ireland next month.

A weather centre in America shared a picture of a predicted 'tropical cyclone' in the Northern Atlantic close to Ireland.

They claim it is likely to form over the next 14 days with a central pressure as strong 943mb. If correct, this would make it a category FOUR hurricane - with five being the strongest.

In comparison, Storm Ophelia which battered Ireland last October, was a category three.

The possible upcoming storm was predicted by the Joint Cyclone Centre in Florida, who give forecasts based on tropical weather outlooks for cyclones, storms, hurricanes and typhoons.

They wrote on Twitter on Wednesday: "Over the next 14 days, we do not normally see the weird tropical cyclones as strong as #Ophelia form in this part of the Northern Atlantic with a central pressure of 943mb, as the same of the equivalent in Category 4 hurricanes."

Met Eireann don't provide long range forecasts and therefore cannot confirm this possible storm.

Fairly low probability at this stage, although the Cape Verde Islands are right in the way in the shorter term.

Well, now looks like what will be ex-Hurricane Helene could be coming our way early next week, though to the south of Ireland....



Another model run pushed it to the west of Ireland though.

Won't be like last year.

That storm will lose its tropical characteristics once it passes the Azores.

Last year it was a tropical storm right up until it hit Fastnet.

Hurricane Florence now a cat 4 hurricane and heading for the Carolinas.



Going to strike as a Cat 5 possibly. Serious storm surge and winds.

Keep an eye on that storm Florence heading for the US east coast.

Models have it stalling over the North Carolina after landing. Going to be catastrophic flooding if that's the case.

Unusual that it was Cat 4, lost hurricane status and then reorganised to Cat 4 again?

A caravan believed to have a woman in her 50s inside has blown off a cliff in Co Galway this morning.

Gardai told Independent.ie emergency services are currently at the scene and are trying to access the woman.

The incident happened at Claddaghduff.

A garda spokesman said emergency services are having difficulty accessing the caravan as it is in water.

Forecasters warned yesterday and earlier this morning that Storm Ali is set to bring "severe and possibly damaging gusts of up to 130km/h" to some areas of the country.

They advised "extreme caution" in the coastal areas of Clare, Connacht and Donegal.

Forecaster Liz Walsh told RTE Radio One's Morning Ireland that forecasters reissued their Status Orange warning this morning, after noting that gusts could reach 130km/h in some parts.

"It's been quite a stormy start to the day so far," Ms Walsh said.

"We issued another warning after a late revision of wind speeds, there could be winds in the coastal district of Dingle right up to Malin Head in excess of 130km/h.

"The winds will be less severe further inland but they should not be underestimated."

Meanwhile, motorists are being urged to take care as fallen trees are being reported in Mayo, Longford, Galway, Kerry and Cork.

Gardai are advising motorists in Claremorris, Co Mayo "not to travel" due to a large number of fallen trees.

"Road conditions are dangerous across the country," AA Roadwatch said.

Met Éireann issued a forecast statement this morning, writing; "Storm Ali will track close to the west and northwest coast this morning.

"South to southwest winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds between 65 and 80km/h and gusts between 110km/h and 130 km/h for a time.

"Gusts in excess of 130 km/h are possible in coastal regions of the west and northwest. The core of strong winds will be along Atlantic coasts at first, before transferring quickly eastwards during the morning."

The Status Orange warning applies to Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Clare and Kerry. A Status Yellow warning is in place for every other county.

The warning will be valid from 5am this morning until 1pm lunchtime.

Confirmed she didn't make it unfortunately.