This weather map from WXCharts shows where in Ireland the rain will be heaviest this weekend.
An established weather expert has said a storm saddled with “damaging wind gusts, areas of heavy rain and snow” is due to arrive in Ireland this weekend.
Jason Nicholls, Lead International Forecaster/Senior Meteorologist/International forecasting manager at AccuWeather, posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday afternoon saying: “A storm will bring damaging wind gusts, areas of heavy rain and snow to #Ireland, the #UK and northwest #Europe on Sunday. A mild pattern will prevail across much of Europe next week.”
Met Eireann had not issued a weather warning linked to the approaching storm at the time of publication but earlier on Thursday it did issue an island-wide marine warning that “south to southwest winds will reach force six or higher at times on all Irish coasts”.
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The marine warning applies to “small craft” and is valid between 6am on Friday and midnight on Monday.
The warning from Jason Nicholls at AccuWeather comes only a few hours after the Met Office in the United Kingdom updated a Yellow Status weather alert for wind for Northern Ireland.
The Met Office warning for Northern Ireland is valid for 24 hours from 6.00am on Sunday.
Met Eireann National Outlook
Friday night: Cloudy or overcast overnight with rain developing in the west and spreading eastwards overnight. It will start off cold, but temperatures will rise to between 5 and 9 degrees overnight. Southerly winds will increase fresh to strong.
Saturday: A mostly cloudy day with outbreaks of rain through the morning followed by showers later. Noticeably milder and windier than previous days with afternoon temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees, in fresh southerly winds.
Saturday Night: Mostly dry overnight with lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees. Southerly winds will strengthen fresh to strong overnight.
Sunday: Very windy with spells of heavy rain and very strong, gusty southerly winds, becoming westerly later as the rain clears to widespread showers. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees.
Monday: Current indications suggest that Monday will be a breezy day of sunny spells and scattered showers, possibly heavy. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees with fresh to strong westerly winds.
Further Outlook: Next week will continue unsettled with wet and windy weather at times.
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