Status Orange Weather Warning Issued As Storm Abigail To Cause Winds Of 120km/h

Batten down the hatches! A weather warning has been issued by Met Éireann this week as Storm Abigail is expected to affect weather conditions in the UK and Ireland. A Status Orange warning has been issued for Thursday morning from 9am and on into the early hours of Friday morning, with gusts of up to 120km/h expected in parts of Donegal, Leitrim, Galway, Mayo and Sligo. "Southerly winds, later veering southwest then west, with mean speeds of 55 to 80 km/h, with gusts between 100 and 120 km/h," a statement on Met Éireann's website reads. "Winds will be strongest near coastal areas, peaking Thursday evening into early Thursday night." Elsewhere, a Status Yellow warning has been issued for Roscommon, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick with gusts of up to 100km/h predicted. Abigail is the first storm to be named as part of a new storm-naming imitative between Met Éireann and the British Met Office. The list of names that will be given to storms was released last month, and storms will be given a name when it is believed they could have significant impact on the UK and/or Ireland.