Flood alert as orange and yellow weather warnings issued across Ireland
Met Éireann issued a status orange warning for Dublin, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow from midnight until 2pm on Monday, while the UK Met Office issued a rainfall warning for Antrim, Armagh, and Down. File picture: Denis Minihane
Met Éireann has issued two weather warnings for a total of seven counties, warning of risk of flooding.
A status orange warning issued on Sunday will be in place from midnight until 2pm on Monday, in Dublin, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow.
During this time, the forecaster warns of widespread surface flooding, very difficult travelling conditions, lightning damage, and very poor visibility.
Meanwhile, a status yellow warning has been issued for Kildare and Monaghan, where spells of heavy rain may be followed by isolated thunderstorms.
This comes as the UK Met Office has also issued two weather warnings across three counties.
An amber warning is in place until 8am this Monday, with very heavy rainfall expected in Antrim, Armagh, and Down.
A yellow warning is also in place in the three counties, with warnings heavy rain may cause some flooding and disruption this Sunday evening and on Monday.
According to Met Éireann, rain will continue across Leinster and East Ulster on Monday.
The rain will be heavy at times with isolated thunderstorms and localised flooding possible.
Elsewhere will be drier with isolated showers. Later in the afternoon, the forecaster said rain in the east will ease and become patchy.
Forecast temperature highs are in the range of 15C to 20C.
Tuesday will bring some drier and brighter intervals, away from Atlantic coasts, but showers will become fairly widespread from the west through the afternoon — some of them heavy.
Highest temperatures of 16C to 19C with light to moderate west to northwest winds.
Showers will then become isolated on Tuesday night and increasingly confined to western and northern coasts.
Lowest temperatures of 10C to 13C in light to moderate west to northwest winds, fresh near northwestern coastal fringes.
Check out the Irish Examiner's WEATHER CENTRE for regularly updated short and long range forecasts wherever you are.
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