MET Eireann has slapped 14 counties with a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning – and it’s already in affect.
The alert warns of heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms and localised flooding – and it will remain in place until 5pm this evening in some spots.
Met Eireann thunderstorm warning for 14 counties counties today[/caption]
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are also possible tonight[/caption]
The Status Yellow alert is in place for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Leinster, Tipperary and Waterford.
Met Eireann‘s forecast confirmed that heavy showers will develop across north areas of the country, some of them heavy with localised flooding and scattered thunderstorms.
There is a status yellow thunderstorms warning for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo from 7am this morning.
It will last until 5pm today and warns of heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms.
A status yellow thunderstorm warning for Leinster, Tipperary and Waterford has been in affect since midnight and the warning will last until 2pm this afternoon.
The UK Met Office has also issued a Status Yellow alert for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry.
This is in place since at 6am this morning and will last until 9pm tonight.
Meteorologist Matthew Martin said: “We have some warm and humid air moving up from the Bay of Biscay today. That’s going to bring plenty of rain and showers and possibly some thunderstorms also.
“And there is a status yellow thunderstorm warning in operation for many counties today, with a shot of some heavy downpours bringing some localised flooding.
“So do keep a close eye for updates on those warnings as the day progresses.”
He continued: “So for today, our breaths of rain and possibly a few embedded thunderstorms will push north over Ireland.
“A mix of bright spells and showers will then follow from the south later this afternoon and evening.
LOCALISED FLOODING
“But the rain is going to linger in Ulster until night fog. So the potential for some localised surface flooding with all that rain.”
Today is set to be a humid day with temperatures ranging between 16C to 21C with moderate southeast winds.
And the weather expert confirmed that scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible tonight.
Lowest temperatures will range from 10C to 15C.
Showery rain will clear to the north early on tomorrow with a mix of sunshine and highest temperatures of 17C to 21C.
A few heavy or thundery downpours may develop in the south and southwest in the afternoon and evening.
Saturday will be another showery day with sunshine and the chance of a few thunderstorms once again.
Highest temperatures of 16C to 20C in generally light westerly or variable winds.
‘MUCH WARMER’
Sunday will be rather cloudy for a time with a few light showers spreading from the west – but it will become sunnier later in the day with highs of 15C to 18C.
It will be mostly dry on Sunday night with just a few showers in the northwest.
Lowest temperatures of 8C to 11C, coolest in the south and southeast under the clearer skies.
Donegal Weather Channel said that Ireland looks set to become “much warmer” from around midweek next week.
They said: “From around mid week next week there are strong signs things will become drier and also gradually becoming much warmer also.
“From around midweek next week and into the end of next week high pressure looks set to dominate and stay close to Ireland with temperatures rising into the low 20s mid week and into the mid 20s by the end of next week and then possibly into the high 20s by the end of next weekend.
“Into the following week some models show a potential for very hot air moving northwards up across Ireland so it will be interesting to see if this trend continues over the next few days on models.”
