Met Éireann issues Status Yellow warnings for eight counties on Bank Holiday Monday
The first part of the August Bank Holiday will get underway with largely dry conditions before Storm Floris rumbles over the country.
Storm Floris is predicted to bring very strong and blustery winds with some damaging gusts.
Met Éireann have issued a Status Yellow Wind warning for counties Clare, Galway, Mayo and Sligo, valid from 2am on Sunday night until 1pm on Monday.
While a Status Yellow Wind Warning is in place for counties Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan and Leitrim, starting slightly later at 4am on Sunday night until 4pm on Monay.
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A separate Status Yellow Rain Warning is in place for counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, which will take affect from 2am on Sunday night until 10am on Monday. The National Broadcaster said there will be spells of heavy rain, with a chance of thunder.
The public is also warned to be aware of difficult travelling conditions, lightning damage and localised flooding, as well as structural damage, fallen trees and power outages.
Meanwhile today, some patchy rain will come in over the west and northwest in the afternoon, though staying dry in most places with temperatures from 17C to 23C.
However, tonight will be damper as a band of rain shifts eastwards from the Atlantic causing lingering showers.
The cloud will shift by early tomorrow morning, leaving us with bright and sunny spells for most of the day with temperatures reaching as high as 22C.
Tomorrow night is when our Bank Holiday fortunes are expected to end as we welcome the 'unseasonably windy' conditions brought by Storm Floris, according to Met Éireann.
Storm Floris tracking over Ireland early Monday morning
Rain is set to track from the west as Storm Floris unleashes her gusty showers from Sunday evening and continuing into Monday morning.
Monday morning will see the worst of the rainfall, heaviest in the north and northwest before clearing to the east to allow for some sunnier spells.
Despite the heavy rainfalls, Monday will remain warm with up to 20C expected.
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