Should Ireland brace itself for the tail end of Hurricane Milton?

A cold weekend is being forecast, with the occasional scattered shower, however, Ireland will feel no effects of the aftermath of Hurricane Milton which will "die" out after it heads out into the Atlantic.

At least 11 people have died following the weather event, which made landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening, October 9, including six people at a retirement village in St. Lucie County as a result of the tornadoes brought on by the hurricane.

By landfall, around 100,000 people took to evacuation centres across the state, with more than 1,000 animals evacuated from Tampa Zoo also.

With the effects of the storm, which left 1.5 million homes and businesses without power, still being felt in the US state there were fears that Ireland could be hit with the tail end.

A spokesperson for Met Éireann told Extra.ie that Hurricane Milton would not "impact" Ireland.

They said: "Hurricane Milton is forecast to weaken over the western Atlantic Ocean over the next few days, therefore not impacting Ireland."

Carlow Weather’s Alan O’Reilly took to X to confirm the same, revealing the hurricane would ‘die’ out once it hits the Atlantic Ocean.

The coming days are expected to be cold, with frost and mist clearing early on Friday morning and bringing with it a clear day with sunny spells and the occasional shower in the west and north west.

Scattered showers will continue near western and northwestern on Friday night, with showers turning heavier by morning time.

Saturday will see sunny spells with the odd shower in the north and west, which will spread elsewhere on Saturday morning and afternoon.

By evening time, it is expected to clear to sunny spells in most areas of the country.

Saturday night will be colder, but mostly dry with clear spells. Met Éireann forecast temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees with light and variable breezes.

In further mixed and changeable conditions, Sunday will start out dry with cloud thickening throughout the day and patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle hitting the south and west coastal counties by afternoon.

Rain is expected to turn heavier and more persistent as afternoon turns to evening, with temperatures expected to remain between 10 to 13 - and 8 to 10 in Ulster.

Monday will be mainly bright with sunny spells, however, the forecaster is predicting some isolated showers while "current indications" suggest Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with limited sunny spells.

"Outbreaks of rain in the south will gradually spread north through the day," Met Éireann states.

*This article was originally published on Extra.ie.