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Published 21:59 26 Apr 2019 BST
Updated 22:02 26 Apr 2019 BST
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"Southerly winds will veer northwesterly and reach mean speeds of 50-65km/h with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h."Met Éireann has issued a number of warnings for across the country ahead of Storm Hannah's arrival. A status red weather warning is currently in effect for Clare, with the forecaster warning of "violent gusts" for a time this evening. The alert, which came into effect at 8pm today, will end at 11pm today.
A wind warning for Galway is also in effect for Galway, and will remain in place until midnight tonight.
A forecaster said:
"Northwesterly winds, associated with Storm Hannah, will reach mean speeds of 65-80 km/h with gusts of 110 to 130 km/h this evening/early tonight, strongest along the coast."A status orange wind warning is also in place for Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick. It came into effect at 4pm today and will last until 1am on Saturday. Met Éireann have said northwesterly winds associated with Storm Hannah will reach average speeds of 65-80 km/h with gusts of 110 to 130 km/h this evening/early tonight. [caption id="attachment_385027" align="alignnone" width="647"]
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Another orange wind warning is in place for Tipperary and Waterford, which will see southwest winds veering northwest reach average speeds of 65 to 80km/h and gusts of 110 to 120km/h for a time tonight.
It comes into effect at 10pm and will last until 2am on Saturday.
A yellow wind warning is in place for Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly, Donegal, Tipperary and Waterford.
It comes into effect at 11pm and will last until 9am on Saturday.
Met Éireann said:
"Becoming very windy on Friday night and for a time on Saturday morning. Southerly winds will veer northwesterly and reach mean speeds of 50-65km/h with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h."
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