Weather warning issued for two counties ahead of torrential rain and spot flooding
'Heavy and persistent' rain will affect the country come Sunday evening, with Met Eireann warning of a specific threat of spot flooding in two counties
Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rain warning for two counties ahead of “heavy and persistent” rain on Sunday evening heading into Monday morning.
Cork and Waterford are the two counties affected by the warning for now, although others may be affected closer to Sunday night ahead of the threat of torrential rain affecting large parts of the country.
The warning for Cork will kick in at 5pm on Sunday, October 13 and remain in place until 11pm on Sunday night. The warning for Waterford will kick in at 6pm on Sunday and remain in effect until 2am on Monday morning.
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In the case of both counties, Met Éireann has said that the rain will lead to spot flooding, an advanced warning for residents in affected areas.
Before the warning kicks in on Sunday evening, Met Eireann has said that Saturday will feel “fresh”, with most of the rain showers likely to head to the Irish Sea by the late afternoon. The start of Sunday will be “largely dry with hazy sunny spells” before rain starts to spread from the southern counties in the late afternoon and evening.
With temperatures having to dropped to as low as -2 degrees on Saturday morning and forecast to hit freezing again on Saturday night into Sunday morning, next week is expected to be comparatively mild, with highest temperatures regularly hitting the mid-teens and as high as 18 degrees by the middle of the week.
Check out the Met Éireann forecast for the coming days in full below.
Saturday
Showery outbreaks of rain in the North and West, heavy in places, will track southeastwards, while becoming lighter and patchier and generally clearing into the Irish Sea early this afternoon. Sunshine and well scattered showers will follow with clear skies this evening. Fresh with highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees. Southwest winds will veer northwesterly and freshen, strong on northern coasts.
Saturday night will be cold with isolated showers across northern fringes; otherwise dry with clear spells. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees with light variable breezes becoming southeasterly by morning.
Sunday
Sunday will begin largely dry with hazy sunny spells. However, cloud will gradually thicken with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle developing. During the evening, persistent and heavy rain will affect southern counties with spot flooding. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees over the northern half of the country, 10 to 14 degrees further south, all in light to moderate southeasterly winds.
Cloudy and wet at first with rain for much of the country on Sunday night with heavy falls in places leading to localised flooding, though parts of the north and west will stay mostly dry. Clearer and drier conditions will then move in from the Atlantic with the rain largely confined to the east by morning. Lowest temperatures ranging from 3 to 7 degrees in the north and west, 7 to 11 degrees elsewhere. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, strong near coasts especially in the south, will ease light variable by morning with mist and fog patches developing.
Monday
The last of the rain in the east will clear early in the morning with a mix of cloud, sunny spells and isolated showers following. Highest temperatures of 11 to 16 degrees, mildest in the southwest, with mostly light southerly winds. Turning cloudier overnight for much of the western half of the country with a few spots of rain or drizzle. Dry elsewhere with clear spells. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 11 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds with some mist and hill fog forming.
Tuesday
A mix of cloud and hazy sunny spells with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle, most frequent in southern areas. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees generally in light to moderate south to southeast winds. The rain will become heavier and more widespread overnight.
Wednesday
After a dull and wet morning, a clearance to sunny spells in the southwest in the early afternoon will gradually extend northeastwards. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds.
Further outlook
Generally unsettled with spells of rain and showers.
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