Weather warnings in place for Carlow as Storm Bert approaches

This weekend, Storm Bert will move close to Ireland, displacing the recent cold Artic airmass with very strong winds and heavy rain expected to track northeastwards over the country on Friday night with warnings already in places.

Storm Bert will continue to dominate our weather through the weekend and into early next week and further warnings will be issued for this event.

Today

A very cold, wintry and treacherous start to Thursday in Carlow with a dusting of snow starting out in places, mainly inland and to the south of the province; frost and ice in places too. Wintry outbreaks will clear most areas by mid-morning, and southern counties by midday.

While some sunny spells will develop, scattered wintry showers will follow into Atlantic counties. Icy stretches will linger through the day in place with maximum temperatures of just 1 to 4 degrees in light to moderate northwesterly winds.

Tonight will be very cold with widespread frost and icy stretches. Overall dry with clear spells but with a few well scattered wintry showers. Lowest temperatures of -4 to +1 degrees in moderate to fresh northwesterly winds.

#StormBert has now been named for the weekend! Bringing wet and windy weather. More details later. pic.twitter.com/nsbzlmATMW

— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) November 21, 2024

Friday

Friday will be mostly dry with spells of sunshine but there will be a few well scattered wintry showers starting out too. Highest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees, coldest inland, in just light westerly breezes.

Turning very wet and windy on Friday night with heavy rain extending from the southwest, accompanied by very strong and gusty southeasterly winds. Spot flooding is likely with some falls of sleet in places too, mainly across north and northwest counties. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees, coldest across Ulster,

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Saturday

A wet and windy day with widespread heavy rain, leading to localised flooding. Some lying snow is likely starting out across northern areas. While the winds ease off into the afternoon, and the rain will push off, a further band of rain will follow from the west.

Noticeably milder with highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees. Peak southerly winds will occur early on, backing southwesterly though the day. Wet and windy Saturday night with overnight lows of 8 to 10 degrees.

Sunday

Very windy or stormy with strong to gale force southwesterly winds. While many areas will remain dry with sunny spells, scattered heavy showers will occur too, the focus of these across Atlantic counties.

Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees. Very windy Sunday night with clear spells and heavy showers. Lows of 5 to 8 degrees.