Storm Hannah is set to bring strong winds and potential travel disruption to parts of the UK and Ireland, weather forecasters have warned.
A yellow weather warning - the lowest alert level - has been issued for south Wales and parts of south and southwest England from Friday night to Saturday afternoon. Gusts of up to 70mph and temperatures"in the single figures" have been predicted, the Met Office said - a far cry from theIreland's Met Eireann named the weather system as Storm Hannah and forecast very windy or stormy conditions in Munster and Connacht, especially in coastal areas.
Strong, gusty northwest winds of up to 80mph across Ireland will gradually ease on Saturday morning, it said.Met Eireann issued an orange wind warning for Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick for Friday night and early Saturday morning. A lesser yellow warning was issued for Connacht, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly, Donegal, Tipperary and Waterford.
Lügenpresse hard at work
Drizzle and a gentle breeze, that's what'll happen. News sites fill themselves up with meteorological hogwash these days for reasons that escape me.