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11:40 - 05/10/2024
The Alex Alerting Service has issued its second (first) Public advisory regarding Hurricane Kirk. We are monitoring the system as it approaches. Updates will be published here. 

09:55 - 06/10/2024
The Alex Alerting Service is cancelling its advisory regarding Hurricane Kirk, as the system looks to be moving more southerly to arrive at Portugal. 

Hurricane Ernesto's blowout over the Atlantic is expected to hit ireland soon. Thats all I have for the moment. This is a Category 2 alert. 

Further information [19:07 20/08/2024] - Storm track is going to combine the storm with the usual cyclone found north west of Ireland. This is going to pull the southern half of the system into Cork, Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Galway and Mayo. This is a Category 2 warning in place officially. 

[12:05 - 22/08/2024] - Storm track is issuing a yellow alert for the bulk of Ireland due to strong winds and heavy rains. Second alert has been pushed out to TikTok. 

6/4/24 - 10:20IST
Looking ahead from right now at 10:20am, It is going to be getting blustery across the country as wind gusts start to pick up. the sustained average is going to hold itself reasonably throughout the day, but is currently looking rather unpleasant for the most part with scattered showers throguhout. 

5/4/24
The Alex Alerting Service is able to see AROME up to 2000z at this moment. AROME is considered to be more accurate for the Republic of Ireland. Right now, 0845z were seeing that Nationwide a category 3 warning will be in place from First Touch at 0300z (0400GMT) with wind gusts reaching up to 100kmh. Peak sustained wind nationwide is anticipated to sit at 55kmh in general, but will be calmer in places. 

From 1500z (1600GMT) ireland will drop form a Category 3 down to a Category 2 with the exception of a straight line border covering all of donegal, through Sligo Town and down to Galway City. This means, Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and West Galway. From 2100z the level will drop to a Category 1 nationwide then will drop to a 0 from 0300z on Sunday morning until the next event.

4/4/24
Weather services models are indicating a reduction in strength and adjusting for C3 over C4 at 135kmh in exposed areas.

4/4/24

The Alex Alerting Service has officially downgraded the Category 4 alert for the country to a Category 3 alert. This is still up there in terms of risk, but is much less bothersome than a Category 4. Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Galway & Mayo still are to hold a category 4 warning as wind gust speed is above the threshold for this level of warning for the time being. 

3/4/24

The Alex Alerting Service is advising of a severe weather system approaching the Republic of Ireland in the comming days with localised wind gusts up to 150Kmh and national wind gusts topping out at 135Kmh. 

6/4/24 - 10:20IST
Looking ahead from right now at 10:20am, It is going to be getting blustery across the country as wind gusts start to pick up. the sustained average is going to hold itself reasonably throughout the day, but is currently looking rather unpleasant for the most part with scattered showers throguhout. 

5/4/24
The Alex Alerting Service is able to see AROME up to 2000z at this moment. AROME is considered to be more accurate for the Republic of Ireland. Right now, 0845z were seeing that Nationwide a category 3 warning will be in place from First Touch at 0300z (0400GMT) with wind gusts reaching up to 100kmh. Peak sustained wind nationwide is anticipated to sit at 55kmh in general, but will be calmer in places. 

From 1500z (1600GMT) ireland will drop form a Category 3 down to a Category 2 with the exception of a straight line border covering all of donegal, through Sligo Town and down to Galway City. This means, Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and West Galway. From 2100z the level will drop to a Category 1 nationwide then will drop to a 0 from 0300z on Sunday morning until the next event.

4/4/24
Weather services models are indicating a reduction in strength and adjusting for C3 over C4 at 135kmh in exposed areas.

4/4/24

The Alex Alerting Service has officially downgraded the Category 4 alert for the country to a Category 3 alert. This is still up there in terms of risk, but is much less bothersome than a Category 4. Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Galway & Mayo still are to hold a category 4 warning as wind gust speed is above the threshold for this level of warning for the time being. 

3/4/24

The Alex Alerting Service is advising of a severe weather system approaching the Republic of Ireland in the comming days with localised wind gusts up to 150Kmh and national wind gusts topping out at 135Kmh. 

01/03/2024
The Alex Alerting Service, in sync with Met Éireann is issuing a Category 2 snow/Ice warning for today for Donegal and Sligo, and a Category 2 warning for heavy rains and torrential downpours for Dublin, Louth, Wicklow and Kildare for tomorrow.

25/02/2024
The Alex Alerting Service is issuing a Category 2 (High Cautionary) Warning for the areas of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Limerick, Kerry & Cork for Wind gusts reaching and exceeding 100kmh in places. First touch is for 0100hr 29/02/2024 with landfall projected at 0300hrs. 

The Alex Alerting Service is issuing a Category 2 (High Cautionary) Warning for Wind for the Areas of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway, Clare, Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary, Laois, Offaly, Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow. Wind gusts are expected to reach 110kmh in exposed areas in these regions by 1200hr. 

This is a developing system, confirmed with UKV, ICON-EU and ICON. Identified with ECMWF. Currently UKV provides the highest resolution, but may not be 100% accurate. Its range is out on 29/02/2024 at 2359hrs. More details will become available later. 

20/02/2024

A Category 3 (Advisory type) alert is being issued as tomorrows gusts are expected to reach up to, and above 120kmh however, due to the weather models all disagreeing, I cannot place the full weight of a Category 3 warning into this one. This is a highly dynamic system which we are already beginning to feel today and with the uncertainty brought by the instability of this system, I cannot in the right mind issue a fully weighted Category 3 warning. However, do expect a lot of raina and alarmingly strong gusts of wind expecially in dublin and western seaboard areas that may come as a surprise considering the standing winds are between 20 and 40kmh. Do expect one hell of a downpour though, especially in cork and Kerry. 

18/02/2024 - 1300hr GMT

A Category 2 (High Cautionary) warning is in effect for high winds reaching up to 100km/h starting from 21/02/2024 at 02:00 through to 22/02/2024 at 16:00, followed by a warning for heavy rainfall nationwide from 21/02/2024 at 17:00 to 22/02/2024 at 06:00. While the probability is low, there is a potential for tornado formation; however, no supercell activity is currently suspected.

Advice: Secure outdoor items, stay indoors when possible, and follow safety instructions issued by local authorities. Remain alert to changing conditions and stay informed through official updates.

NOTE: A correction was made for the date for the wind warning

The Alex Alerting Service is issuing a Category 2 - High Cautionary (warning) for Wind/Rain warning for the areas of Sligo, Mayo, Clare, Galway, Donegal, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Cavan, Westmeath, Meath & Louth from Tuesday 30/01/2024 at 2300hrs through to Wednesday 31/01/2024 at 1700hrs. 

Wind gusts are expected to reach up to 100kmh at Belmullet, Galway City & Donegal between 1000hrs and 1400hrs on 31/01/2024 with moderate to heavy rain in patches bringing a risk of flooding mainly for Donegal. 

22/01/2024 - The Alex Alerting Service has issued its first warning for Jocelyn earlier today.  This storm is indicating damaging winds and torrential rain. At this time, there is no tornado warnings or advice tied to this system

23/01/2024 - It was not possible to fully authenticate the video of the tornado spotted. Remained blustery on the 22nd and damage was extensive. It is considered that a Category 4 Alert for Isha was well within the requirements, while only a few counties in the Republic of Ireland recieved an orange warning, the AAS firmly believes that a red warning nationwide wouldhave been appropriate. 

21/01/2024 - A tornado has been spotted at about 3pm In Castletownroche, Cork. Based on the video evidence, it appears to be a low scale funnel cloud that did not touch the ground. - AAS is currently waiting to confirm the incident. 

Winds are anticipated to begin to die off from 22:00 tonight, however actual conditions are liable to change over the course of the evening. 

After a few hours, the reported Tornado can have been reported at 12:32 in Ballygrillihan, Co. Cork today, 21/01/2024. I can confirm the incident as actual. 

20/01/2024 - The Alex Alerting Service is confirming and issuing the Category 4 - Critical Alert warning for Storm Isha, with projected winds of up to 80km/h and gusts up to 150km/h in places. Furthermore, a Tornado Watch is active at the moment for Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim and Cork for the time being, and charts are meing studied closely for indications of tornado producing systems if they arrise. The Alex Alerting Service Chat will enter emergency mode from 2200hrs today, this means any message into the chat from anyone will automatically result in phone call, and oyur phone will ring until you answer it. 

17/01/2024 - The Alex Alerting Service is upgrading this system, which will be likely named Isha to a category 3/4 warning for wind and rain. The timings are not known accurately at this time, but are being observed for changes and updates will be provided as necessary.  Presently, Met Éireann are tracking this system and some weather models are suggesting windspeeds up to 140kmh in places. Observe caution and follow the advice of local government and/or the AAS

15/01/2024 - The Alex Alerting Service is aware of a storm system approaching ireland. This system is comprised of 3 storms. The first 2 will be relatively mild compared to the third one. 

The third system is shapng up to be potentially destructive bringing with it sustained winds of 50 to 60 kmh and gusts up to 134kmh in Galway. This is comfortably on the low side of a category 1 hurricane. More updates will be issued in due course. 

AAS Has detected an approaching potential storm system for Wednesday 6th of December 2023 which has the ability to brings wind gusts over 100kmh in places of Cork and Kerry, along the entire west coast of Ireland the the south coast of Ireland. This will be a straight line storm part of a rotating system  with winds coming fromt he south east of the country. An alert will be pushed out if this system is confirmed to make landfall, and when accurate times are identified. 

Currently, It looks like this storm system might produce a yellow warning from Met Éireann during the week as it approaches.