Met Eireann issues Status Yellow warning for 11 counties as strong winds to hit Ireland
Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for eleven counties.The alert will kick in at 4pm tomorrow and last until midnight for Clare, Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Wexford and Wicklow. Met Eireann warned it will be very windy in those areas with strong and gusty southwest winds.It is possible there will be some wave overtopping, loose objects displaced, some fallen trees and branches and difficult travelling conditions. Meanwhile, the Met Office has issued a Status Yellow rain warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry from 9pm tonight until 9pm tomorrow.Antrim, Down, Tyrone and Derry will also be under a Yellow wind alert from midnight until 9pm tomorrow. Nationwide, today will be dry with bright spells for many, with any showers mainly confined to Ulster.Cloud will build from the west with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle following through the afternoon and evening. It will stay dry for many eastern parts for daylight hours.Highest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees are forecast, coldest in the northeast, with the higher temperatures in the southwest. Winds will be light southwesterly or variable, becoming south to southeast later and freshening a little further west.It will be cloudy tonight with outbreaks of rain and drizzle along with some hill and coastal mist and fog. It'll become rather windy with southerly winds increasing fresh to strong and occasionally gusty.Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees are forecast in the north and east initially, but between 6 and 9 degrees elsewhere, with those less cold conditions extending to all areas overnight.Sunday will be a cloudy day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle at times, along with some hill and coastal mist and fog. Some drier spells will develop in parts, especially during the morning, before more rain moves up from the south through the afternoon, becoming heavy at times.A clearance will start to extend from the southwest and west in the evening. Southerly winds will decrease moderate to fresh in the morning, before it becomes windy again through the afternoon and evening, with south to southwest winds increasing strong and gusty and reaching near gale to gale force in Atlantic coastal areas. Much milder than recently with highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees.Join our Dublin Live breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link to receive your daily dose of Dublin Live content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.For all the latest news from Dublin and surrounding areas visit our homepage.
