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File photo of Malin Head, Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal.

Status Yellow wind warning to come into effect for six counties tomorrow

The warning will come into effect in counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal at 1pm tomorrow and will last until 9pm.

A STATUS YELLOW wind warning has been issued for six counties tomorrow.

The warning will come into effect in counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal at 1pm tomorrow and will last until 9pm. 

Met Éireann has warned that strong and gusty west to northwest winds will come into effect tomorrow afternoon and evening and could lead to falling branches, localised debris and difficult travelling conditions.

The UK Met Office has also issued a Yellow wind warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry, which will remain in place from 3pm tomorrow until 6am on Friday. 

Rain is expected to spread eastwards across the country tomorrow and will gradually clear during the afternoon with scattered showers following, with highest temperatures of 8 to 13 degrees, according to Met Éireann.

The national forecaster said moderate winds will become northwesterly as the rain clears and will increase become strong and very gusty, reaching gale force at times near the west and north coasts in the late afternoon and evening. 

It will remain windy tomorrow night with scattered showers for a time, but the winds will ease and the showers will become isolated and mainly confined to coastal parts of the north and west.

There’ll be some clear spells, but it’ll become cloudier from the west overnight, with lows of 1 to 5 degrees. Met Éireann said there’s also a chance of some frost and ice, especially further east.

The weather for Friday depends on the track and development of an area of low pressure, which currently looks set to track eastwards across the south of Ireland.

The forecaster said the current most likely scenario is that it will be a cloudy day with some heavy rain and localised flooding, mainly across the southern half of the country.

Rain will be lighter further north, with highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees, but milder in southern areas.

According to the forecaster, a more northerly track to the area of low pressure would lead to more widespread heavy rain and localised flooding right across the country and could result in very windy weather.

However, it looks like this is a less likely scenario, it said. 

Friday night will see rain clear southeastwards with clear spells and some showers expected to follow. It will also turn colder, which could see some of these showers fall as sleet, especially over higher ground. Lows of of 0 to 4 degrees are expected, with some frost and ice likely.

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