Met Éireann has issued two status orange wind warnings for tomorrow as Storm Aiden is set to make landfall in the early hours of the morning.
The forecaster advised of "severe and damaging gusts" set to batter the country as an alert for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford, Cork and Kerry will come into effect from 5am until 10am with gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour expected.
The same alert will be extended to Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Clare from 8am until 4pm.
#StormAiden has been named by Met Éireann for Halloween. Orange & yellow wind warnings are in effect for Sat. Potential for severe & damaging gusts.
All current warnings here : https://t.co/ozrQHtGpc1
Satellite below shows the position of #StormAiden in the Atlantic pic.twitter.com/mblYdArK0B— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 30, 2020
The rest of the country will be placed under a status yellow wind warning with severe gusts possible from 1am until tomorrow afternoon.
In a weather advisory issued for the weekend, Met Éireann said "very unsettled weather will occur over the Halloween weekend as a series of vigorous Atlantic weather systems pass close to Ireland."
The forecaster said that spells of heavy rain will lead to surface and river flooding, while it will be very windy and stormy at times.
Some coastal flooding is possible also due to the combination of low pressure, high tides and onshore winds, it added.
Some very unsettled weather conditions have been forecast by @MetEireann over the Halloween weekend, Stay away from exposed beaches, cliffs and harbours along the coast during stormy conditions https://t.co/vLzyfFyS0W for anyone in difficulty in the sea or the shore dial 999/112
— Irish Coast Guard (@IrishCoastGuard) October 29, 2020
