Issued on Tuesday 21 st January and valid until further notice. OVERVIEW . Named by the UK Met Office, Storm Éowyn (pronounced Ay-oh-win) becomes the fifth named storm of the 2024/2025 season.It will bring wet and very windy weather to Ireland starting Thursday night and during Friday (24th January).; Why have we named it? Éowyn is forecast to be a deep low-pressure system, currently set to ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Storm Éowyn, pronounced ‘ay-oh-win’, will begin to influence the UK’s weather early on Friday, with strengthening winds initially in southwestern parts of the UK with accompanying heavy rainfall. This will quickly spread northeast to the rest of the UK during Friday morning. ... Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Mike Silverstone said ...

On 21 January 2025, the British Met Office and associated organisations in Europe used the name "Éowyn" for the fifth storm of the 2024–2025 season. Éowyn is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings and the name was taken from a list based on suggestions by the public. [8] [9] [10]

5 days ago · Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said: “The influence of Storm Éowyn on the UK’s weather will diminish as it moves further north and east on Saturday morning, but there’s little respite in the conditions for some with the next area of low pressure arriving from the southwest on Sunday.

6 days ago · Met Office Chief Meteorologist Paul Gundersen continued: “Storm Éowyn is a multi-hazard event, with snow likely for some, rain for many and strong winds for much of the UK. As a result, a number of weather warnings have been issued, with all parts of the UK covered by one warning at some point on Friday.

4 days ago · Storm Éowyn was "probably the strongest storm" to hit the UK in at least 10 years, the Met Office has said, with wind gusts in excess of 100mph (160km/h). At the storm's height, nearly a million ...

6 days ago · Dublin’s main city centre shopping district, Grafton Street, was empty as Storm Éowyn forced people to stay home with red weather warnings across all of the island; more than 700,000 homes are ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Ireland should brace itself for storm force winds, heavy rain, sleet and snow, beginning on Thursday night when Storm Éowyn makes landfall. Met Éireann has issued an advisory for strong to gale ...

5 days ago · The National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG) met this morning (Friday) to assess the situation and coordinate the response as Storm Éowyn continues to bring dangerous, damaging and destructive weather conditions across the country and an unprecedented number of power outages are being experienced nationwide.

6 days ago · All schools in Northern Ireland have been advised to close on Friday amid a top-level red warning for wind issued for Storm Éowyn. The Met Office has issued a red alert, which covers all of ...