Weather warning in place for Carlow as strong winds from Storm Amy set to 'pack a punch'

Very windy conditions are set for Carlow and the whole of Ireland on Friday night with windy conditions on Saturday and breezy conditions in turn on Sunday. Turning cooler with a band of heavy showery rain sinking down from the north early on Saturday followed by drier weather, at least for daylight hours, on Sunday. Rather unsettled into next week.

Carlow weatherman Alan O'Reilly took to X on Thursday morning to give an update on what we can expect from incoming Storm Amy. In the video he said winds from the storm that could travel up to 130km/h will "pack a punch". He added there will be very wet weather on Thursday with over 30mm of rainfall expected and another 20 or 30mms expected tomorrow.

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O'Reilly also warned there is a "likelihood of some power outages" in the north west of the country and because the leaves are still on the trees there may be a bigger impact from the storm.

"It's nothing like Storm Eowyn, it's not that level so if you're in the west and you have anxiety after that, this is going to be a storm but it's not going to be on the level of Eowyn, but still it is a significant wind event near the coast, especially in the west and northwest."

Today

Wet and blustery today with some spells heavy rain. Driest early on in the morning further east. Southerly winds will increase fresh to strong and gusty. Highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees.

Heavy blustery rain will clear away into the Irish Sea early tonight with long clear spells soon developing. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. Fresh and gusty southwest winds will moderate overnight but will begin to freshen again towards morning.

Friday

Storm Amy will affect Ireland on Friday. It will be a very windy or stormy day with heavy rain developing. Strong to gale force and gusty south to southwest winds will gradually veer southwest. Severe and potentially damaging gusts will occur widely. The rain will later clear to just well scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 17 to 19 degrees.

Windy with scattered heavy showers or longer spells of rain on Friday night, especially across Ulster. Strong to near gale force west to southwest winds will affect the country with gales on northern and western coasts. Cooler than recent nights with lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees.

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Saturday

Windy on Saturday with strong and gusty westerly winds. A band of heavy showery rain will sink down from the north, gradually becoming drier through the day with sunny spells developing. Southern counties will stay largely dry. Cooler with highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees.

Sunday

Generally cloudy on Sunday with well scattered passing blustery showers. More general falls of rain will push in from the west through the evening. West to southwest winds will be fresh and gusty. Highest temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees.

Monday

Cloudy outbreaks of blustery rain will affect the north and west. Drier elsewhere, though rain will begin to sink southeastwards during the evening hours. A milder day overall with highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees in a mostly fresh southwest wind.