Irish weather reporter hit by a blast from Mother Nature

— -- Friday’s forecast in Ireland pushed one TV weather reporter out of the picture.

Deric Hartigan was holding an umbrella and discussing “plenty of scattered showers” when a gust of wind sent him out of his camera’s live shot being broadcast on Ireland’s TV3.

Looking on from the comfort of a dry television studio, “Ireland AM” hosts Sinead Desmond and Mark Cagney could be seen laughing as a stunned Hartigan managed to recover with a smile.

“Welcome to Friday,” Desmond laughed while her co-host Cagney warned, “Don’t mess with Mother Nature.”