Met Éireann have upgraded a nationwide status yellow weather warning to a status orange weather warning, as Ireland is braced for 'very disturbed' stormy weather.

The forecaster is now predicting winds as high as 120km/h with the storm officially being named as Storm Ali. The warning is in place from 5am to 1pm0 tomorrow.

Status Orange - Wind warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry
Valid from Wednesday 19 September 2018 05:00 to Wednesday 19 September 2018 13:00
See details here https://t.co/ozrQHtoOkt#StormAli pic.twitter.com/a4luYFkhiY

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) September 18, 2018

Last night a Met Éireann forecaster warned:

"Very windy across Ireland from early on Wednesday morning until evening.

"South to southwest winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/hr with gusts of 90 to 110 km/hr, strongest in southern, western and northern coastal areas."

Yesterday, Carlow weather reported that there was a stormy day ahead: