'Status Yellow' wind and rain warning for tomorrow

An extremely wet and windy day is forecast tomorrow with Met Eireann issuing a Status Yellow wind and rainfall warning for the entire country with winds expected to be strongest in the east.

According to the national forecaster, south to southeast winds will increase to reach 55 to 60 km/h during Saturday morning and will be strongest in the east.

Later tomorrow afternoon or evening, winds will veer west to northwest and further increase to reach 55 to 65 km/h with severe gusts of 90 to 110 km/h, possibly exceeding these limits for a time. The wind warning comes into force at 00.01 tomorrow morning and continues until midnight.

 

A Status Yellow rainfall warning has also been issued with heavy rainexpected to lead to accumulations of 30 to 50mm with some mountainous areas exceeding these limits tomorrow. The warning remains in place throughout tomorrow until midnight.