UK Met Office weather warnings - Northern Ireland#
Met Éireann display current weather warnings for Northern Ireland issued by Uk Met Office (UKMO). This is to provide a clear, authoritative easy and reliable access to the latest weather warnings for the Island of Ireland. In particular it is hoped that this all-Ireland warnings display will promote citizen and societal safety in border regions.
Met Éireann do not issue weather warnings for Northern Ireland but rather display the Northern Ireland warnings which are issued by the UK Met Office www.metoffice.gov.uk in the United Kingdom.
Official weather warnings for each country are issued by the National Meteorological Service. Met Éireann issues warnings for Ireland (excluding Northern Ireland) and the Met Office in the UK issues warnings for Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.
An Orange warning is referred to as Amber for Northern Ireland as this is the colour coding used by the UK Met Office, as in Yellow/Amber/Red, as opposed to the labels Yellow/Orange/Red as used by Met Éireann.
Given our close geographical locations and frequently shared weather systems, Met Éireann and the UK Met Office have ongoing collaboration on the forecasting and naming of storms.
Temporal resolution#
The warnings provide a 3-day forecast, with a time step of 1 hour.
Update frequency#
As needed.
Available warning types#
The following warning types are available on the platform:
Wind
Rain
Snow
Ice
Extreme heat
Thunderstorm
Fog
Lightning
Visualization#
Useful links#
Data sources#
Warnings are obtained from the Met Office RSS channel.