#storm-amy

#storm-amy

A man has been seriously injured in an incident believed to have been related to Storm Amy this afternoon in Donegal. Gardaí and emergency services are currently attending the scene of the incident, in which the man suffered serious injuries, in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, shortly after 4:15pm. "As this incident is ongoing, there is no further information at this time," a garda spokesperson said.

Dr Simon Lee, an atmospheric researcher at the University of St Andrews, says Storm Amy will reduce the boiling point of our kettles. As any tea enthusiast will know, water usually boils at 100°C (212°F). But as Storm Amy hits on Friday evening and into Saturday, this threshold could fall to 'below 98°C' (208°F). Such a temperature does not extract the full flavour from tea leaves, so tea may taste a bit weak - no matter how long the teabag is left in for.

So, with that rain tomorrow, we do have a Status Yellow rain warning in effect from 6am to 8pm tomorrow for much of Munster, Connacht, and then counties in Leinster and Ulster as well. Then on Friday, we'll see Storm Amy, and at the moment now it's a feature that's being fuelled by tropical remnants in the tropic west Atlantic, and when that warm, moist, tropical air meets the cooler air, after it transitions it then gets picked up by a strengthening jet stream which is sending it across to us, across the Atlantic. It is forecast to rapidly intensify, becoming Storm Amy as it reaches us then on Friday.

Although there is still some uncertainty about the exact track Storm Amy will take, the system will bring gale force winds across northern and western regions, with gusts widely reaching 50 to 60 miles per hour inland in northern Britain, and potentially reaching 70 to 80 miles per hour in places. With even stronger gusts on exposed coasts and hills, mainly in the northwest.