Sunday set to be wet and windy as three separate status yellow warnings issued

The warning will come into effect at 7am on Sunday and remain in place for 9pm. File picture

Three separate status yellow warnings for wind and rain have been issued by Met Éireann.

All three come into effect on Sunday with the west coast in particular affected.

A status yellow wind warning for Donegal, Mayo and Sligo is in place from 6am to 9pm on Sunday while the same level warning is in place for Galway, Clare and Kerry from midday to 10pm.

Met Éireann said that northwest winds “strengthening on Sunday with mean wind speeds of 50 to 65km/h and gusts of 90 to 100km/h”.

A status yellow rainfall warning is also in place for Kildare, Laois, Longford, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.

That warning is in place from 7am on Sunday until 11pm.

Met Éireann has warned of “heavy and persistent rainfall on Sunday with totals of 25 to 40mm expected, higher totals over mountainous areas.

“This may result in some rivers flooding as well as surface flooding.”

Meanwhile, on Saturday it will be dry in most areas with sunny spells.

However, Met Éireann has warned that “scattered showers will occur, mainly in Atlantic coastal areas and in the north, turning heavy later in west Munster and west Connacht”.

They added that a “spell of persistent rain will develop in the northeast in the evening or early night”.

Tonight will be wet “across much of Ulster and the east” but mainly dry elsewhere.

Met Éireann is predicting and wet day on Sunday.

They said: “Rain will extend westwards to all areas, persistent and heavy in places, especially in the northwest, where there is a risk of localised flooding.  

“Rain will be patchy in the southwest and will become more intermittent in east and northeast coastal areas, with some dry spells.” 

The forecaster said the outlook for the week is that it will be “cool and unsettled”.