ALERT: Met Éireann issues weather warnings for snow, wind and rain in wake of Storm Éowyn

Ireland is set for a mix of harsh weather over the coming days in the wake of Storm Eowyn as Met Eireann has issued a number separate weather warnings for snow, wind and rain with some counties placed under a number of Weather Warnings. 

Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Snow-Ice warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, a Status Yellow Rain Warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford, Status Yellow Wind warnings for Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Meath, Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Munster, Galway, Mayo and Sligo.

A Status Yellow Snow-Ice warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo warns of scattered snow showers becoming isolated overnight with icy stretches. It is in place from 8pm on Saturday until 9am on Sunday.

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A Status Yellow Rain warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford warns of heavy downpours of rain may lead to spot flooding. That is in place from 5am on Sunday until 5pm on Sunday.

Status Yellow Wind warning for Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Munster, Galway, Mayo, Sligo warns of strong and gusty winds which may cause further damage to already weakened structures and trees. It will also lead to dangerous travelling conditions. That warning is valid from 6am on Sunday until 6pm on Sunday.

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There is also Status Yellow Wind warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, and Meath from 11am on Sunday until 6pm on Sunday and a Status Yellow Wind warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford from 11pm on Sunday until 6am on Monday.

Met Éireann Weather Warning

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, it will be cold tonight but dry for many with clear spells at first along with some wintry showers, mainly in the west and northwest. The showers will become isolated through the night and cloud will build from the southwest. Lowest temperatures of -3 to +1 degrees with widespread frost and some ice developing. Light to moderate southerly winds will back southeasterly and freshen in the southwest towards morning.

Turning wet and windy on Sunday with strong to near gale force southeasterly winds developing in the morning, with gale force winds along exposed coasts. Rain in the southwest will extend northeastwards through the morning and afternoon, with localised flooding possible, especially in southern parts. The rain will clear northwards in the evening as sunny spells and scattered showers follow with a chance of thunderstorms. The winds will veer southerly and will ease moderate to fresh as the rain clears. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees generally, cooler in the northwest.

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Scattered showers, merging to longer spells of rain at times, will continue to push in from the southwest through Sunday night, most frequent in the south and west with the driest conditions in the north. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees with mostly moderate to fresh southerly winds, stronger in the southwest and west.

Monday will be a rather windy day with showery outbreaks of rain, heavy in places with the chance of spot flooding and isolated thunderstorms. However, there will be some dry and bright spells too. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees generally, slightly cooler in the northwest. Fresh and gusty southerly winds will become cyclonic variable for a time before becoming northwesterly during the evening.