Ireland to be hit by Storm Floris as Met Éireann issues August Bank Holiday weather advisory
Walkers in the sunshine on the Bull Wall, Clontarf. Photo: Frank McGrath
Ireland will be hit by Storm Floris over the Bank Holiday weekend, Met Éireann has warned as it issued a weather advisory with further warnings set to follow on Saturday.
"Storm Floris will bring wet and unseasonably windy weather during Sunday night and Public Holiday Monday,' the national forecaster said.
"A weather advisory has been issued, with warnings set to follow tomorrow, and come into effect for the early hours of Monday (August 4th).'
It warned that potential impacts include dangerous travelling conditions, knock-on impacts for outdoor events, structural damage, fallen trees, debris and loose objects, power outages, wave overtopping and localised flooding due to leaves.
Walkers in the sunshine on the Bull Wall, Clontarf. Photo: Frank McGrath
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It comes after the UK's Met Office issued a Status Yellow warning for 'unseasonably windy' conditions on from 6am Monday to 6am Tuesday, with winds of up to 140kmh on Scottish coasts.
Ahead of the windy conditions, Ireland's August bank holiday weekend is predicted to stay largely free of rain.
Kicking off the weekend with plenty of cloud cover, this morning will begin with some rainfall in the north and east of the country.
However, sunnier skies will predominate for most of the afternoon thereafter, bringing temperatures of up to 21C before cooling down to 13C by night.
Saturday morning will have dry sunny spells, but cloud from the west may cause isolated rainfall in some parts, with highest temperatures of 16C to 21C.
The night will be mostly cloudy too, bringing persistent rain particularly in the west which should clear up by the morning.
That clearing will see drier and brighter conditions with some showers confined to the northwest, while cloud will begin to build up again from the southwest as the evening approaches.
However, Sunday evening is where we will see the weather become damp and unsettled as rain starts to come in from the west.
Met Éireann says bank holiday Monday will consist of 'unseasonably' strong and gusty westerly winds with widespread rain covering the northwest before moving eastwards in the afternoon.
Winds are expected to ease later in the day followed by sunny spells and scattered rainfall with highest temperatures of 16C to 21C.
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