Skip to content
Bramble

Climate

Met Éireann issues Status Yellow wind warning for Donegal, Galway and Mayo

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for Donegal, Galway and Mayo, valid from 6am to 6pm on Wednesday 14 October, with wet and windy weather forecast more widely.

2 outlets · 1L · 0C · 1R First reported Account updated
Image: Irish Independent
Image: The Irish Times

1 / 2

The story, neutrally told

Mixed · 2Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for three counties: Donegal, Galway and Mayo. Left · 1The warning is valid from 6am to 6pm on Wednesday 14 October, with southwesterly winds forecast to be very strong at times, especially along the coasts. Left · 1Met Éireann said potential impacts in the three counties include displaced debris and loose objects, difficult driving and cycling conditions, and some fallen trees and branches.

Left · 1Large coastal waves combined with a moderate surge may also cause wave overtopping in exposed coastal areas, the forecaster said. Left · 1Tuesday is forecast to be bright and blustery with sunny spells and scattered showers, some heavy with isolated thunderstorms, easing through the afternoon and becoming mostly confined to the northwest; highs will be 12 to 16 degrees. Left · 1Wednesday is expected to be wet and windy elsewhere too, with heavy and persistent rain on Wednesday night, heaviest in the southwest, west and north, and strong to near gale-force winds along coasts.

Left · 1Mixed conditions with rain, showers and drier spells are forecast for later in the week, turning colder but more settled by the weekend.

Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.

Left1 outlet

Framing
The Irish Times gives a broad weather outlook, leading with wet and windy conditions and placing the three-county warning within the national forecast.
Emphasis
Day-by-day conditions, temperatures, impacts listed by Met Éireann, and the outlook for the rest of the week.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not report any assessment beyond Met Éireann's forecast.
For example
“Status-yellow wind warning will be in place for three counties on Wednesday, says forecaster” — The Irish Times

Centre0 outlets

No centre outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.

Right1 outlet

Framing
The Irish Independent's headline is a straightforward announcement of the Status Yellow wind warning for three counties.
Emphasis
The warning itself and its geographic scope.
For example
“Met Éireann issues Status Yellow wind warning for three counties” — Irish Independent

Ask about this story

Loading…