WEATHER WARNING: Met Eireann issues second Weather Warning for Sunday

Met Eireann has issued a second Weather Warning for this weekend.

A Status Yellow Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway and Mayo has been in place since 8am and runs until 3am on Sunday.

Met Eireann has also issued a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Munster and Leinster. The forecaster says that heavy rain during Sunday will give accumulations of 25 to 35 mm. The warning comes into place at 6am on Sunday and is in place until 6pm on Sunday.

The weather forecast for tonight from Met Eireann says it will be mostly dry with some mist and fog likely to form under clear skies. Temperatures will fall to between 3 and 5 degrees and the strong westerly wind will ease to moderate to fresh by morning.

The weather forecast says Sunday will be a cold and wet day for much of the country. Rain will develop along southern coasts then push northwards, and become widespread. The rain will turn heavy in the afternoon and possibly turn wintry later as well, with some snow over the hills and mountains. Light winds in the morning will become fresh to strong from a variable direction later as the centre of Storm Freya tracks eastwards over Munster. The strongest winds from Storm Freya will be off the south and east coast of the country. Temperatures of 6 to 8 degrees in the morning will fall to 1 to 5 degrees in the afternoon.

Most places will become dry on Sunday night and with the winds gradually easing and skies clearing, temperatures will fall to between zero and plus 1 degree leading to a widespread frost.

The weather forecast says Monday will see a good deal of dry weather, especially in the east, with scattered showers elsewhere, most frequent and heaviest in coastal areas of the west. Temperatures in the afternoon will range between 6 degrees in the northwest to 8 degrees in the southeast. Winds will be mostly fresh to strong from a southwesterly direction. Monday night showers will become confined to coasts and then mostly die out overnight and temperatures will fall to between 2 and 4 degrees as winds ease somewhat.