FERRY travel this weekend has been disrupted as strong winds of up to 45mph are expected to batter the Island on Saturday.
However, Jersey is due to escape the full force of Storm Kathleen, which has led to yellow wind warnings for the west coast of the UK and the north of Ireland throughout tomorrow, with gusts of 50 to 70mph forecasted.
The Channel Islands could nevertheless see strong Force 6 and 7 winds and gusts to 45mph in the morning, and an orange wind warning has been issued by Jersey Met.
Wind Warning 15/04 issued 09:17 UTC Friday 05 April 2024 pic.twitter.com/6fo3ZDi76u
— CI Weather Warnings (@Jersey_MetCI) April 5, 2024
Due to the high seas and high wind speeds, Saturday’s Condor Voyager sailing between St Malo and the Channel Islands’ and the high-speed Condor Liberation sailing between Poole and the Channel Islands’ have both been cancelled.
The services are both expected to operate on Sunday subject to weather conditions.
Condor said that affected bookings had been automatically transferred to alternative services and passengers would be notified with these new details, and there was no need to contact them if this change was acceptable.
Contact 0345 609 1026, live chat on their website or email them at https://www.condorferries.co.uk/help-info/contact-us
Phone lines may be busy, the operator said.
Storm Kathleen, named by the Met Eireann, the Irish Meteorological Service, will be the 11th named storm of the 2023 to 2024 season, and becomes only the second to reach the letter K, after Storm Katie in March 2016.
