Forecaster warns deep low pressure area could bring violent winds to parts of Ireland this week

This is due to the development of a deep area of low pressure which looks set to pass just to the northwest of Ireland, with a central pressure reading of between 938-950hPa.

Explaining the latest weather model, Cathal posted, "a highly active jet stream flowing at up to 250MPH will develop an area of low pressure as it crosses the Atlantic, undergoing rapid cyclogenesis (a deepening of more than 24mb in a 24hr period) which will bring a risk of violent storm force winds close to or into parts of the country on Friday.

"Overnight the models have slightly shifted the low pressure every so slightly to the northwest, though there remains rather robust confidence from the ECMWF and GFS models of a spell of locally damaging winds pushing into many parts of the west, northwest, north and north Midlands on Friday."

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In its latest weather forecast for Friday, Met Eireann says that there is some uncertainty in the forecast for Friday but current indications suggest that it will be a very windy day with near gale force southwesterly winds developing, potentially reaching gale force in places.