The Irish Meteorological Service said: "We issue warnings ahead of expected adverse weather to inform us when to take action to protect ourselves and our ...
The anticipated damage from the event comes from a mix of probability and impact, which then allows meteorologists to determine the severity and thus code the level and colour of the warning to heed the public. The reasoning behind impact-related weather warnings relates to a "risk matrix" the Irish Times reported, with the horizontal axis denoting the impact and the vertical axis denoting the probability of the weather event. Weather warnings in Irelands are set to undergo a major change as meteorologists look to change the way in which they determine the severity of a storm.