People are concerned about the prospect of Ireland being hit by Hurricane Kirk as forecasters keep an eye on the tropical cyclone. The country could potentially see strong winds and rain if the storm arrives in the country next week, however, it hasn’t been confirmed if Ireland will be affected by it yet. Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather issued his latest update and explained that there are a few possibilities when it comes to what Hurricane Kirk could do as we move into next week.
Read more: Devastated parents of Aoife Johnston speak about her “avoidable” death Read more: Paul Galvin, Thalia Heffernan and more Irish stars step out in style at Live From Paris Fashion Week He stated that different weather models show the cyclone doing opposing things. The GFS model shows the hurricane intensifying again on Tuesday, before slowing down. He added: “It does track to the south of Ireland, but as it weakens it comes back up towards Ireland and the UK bringing some heavy rain possibly Thursday.
” There have been reports of snow also arriving in Ireland because of the hurricane, however, he shared that this won’t be the case. “There’s a bit of purple there on the mountains in Kerry and I bet you some ‘genius’ is going to forecast snow from Kirk,” the weather expert said. Another weather model showed Hurricane Kirk heading towards Portugal and petering out, without impacting Ireland.
Ahead of the wet weekend, he added: “A little bit of good news this morning .
