Ireland to be battered by tail end of Hurricane Humberto as balmy weather packs up and leaves

The Category 5 hurricane is expected to weaken as it moves northeast across the Atlantic. However, the jet stream in the Atlantic will then reintensify the storm’s remnants, pushing them towards Ireland on Friday and into Saturday. 

 Met Éireann [Ireland's Meteorological Service] is forecasting very unsettled weather on Friday, with "very windy and wet conditions developing."

Then the balmy weather we have been enjoying will say goodbye as the weekend turns much cooler, with strong winds persisting until Sunday.

Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather says we can expect some very wet and windy weather.

"Latest high resolution charts showing rainfall on top and wind on bottom for Thursday and Friday with some very wet and windy weather ahead."

The last storm, which was forecast to hit Ireland, was Storm Gabrielle, which occurred the previous weekend. Despite warnings that Ireland’s West coast could be affected, the storm turned away and moved on towards the Western Seaboard of Europe, instead impacting France, Portugal, and the Northwest of Spain.

Irish weather experts are keeping a close eye on the path of Humberto. While we don’t expect any significant impact at the moment, we may not escape entirely, and Ireland may get the tail end of the Hurricane, resulting in very strong winds and squally rain.

 Meanwhile, the Climate Change Advisory Council has criticised the delay in plans to scale up Ireland’s response to future storms after the devastation left behind by Storm Eowyn last January.

The CCAC states that last January’s storm and the one before that, Storm Darragh, revealed significant shortcomings in how state agencies and services managed in the aftermath of the destruction caused by both storms.

The Climate Change Advisory Council also expressed disappointment, stating that an all-of-government review of the Storm Éowyn response was overdue, and emphasized the need for urgent preparations before another storm of that magnitude hits Ireland.

* This article was originally published on Extra.ie.