Storm Floris: Eight counties set for yellow warnings as wet and windy weather predicted
A separate Status Yellow Rain Warning is in place for counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, which will take affect from 2am tonight until 10am on Monday.
Meanwhile a separate 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 Monday.
Met Éireann is warning members of the public of adverse conditions such as difficult travel conditions, fallen trees, power outages and lightning damage across the affected counties.
The six counties in Northern Ireland will fall under a Status Yellow Wind warning of their own as the UK Met Office predicts disruptive winds.
The warnings come as several outdoor festivals continue over this August Bank Holiday weekend such as All Together Now, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the Bray Air Show and the All-Ireland ladies football final.
As for today's forecast, the morning will see light patches of rain fizzle out early to welcome sunny spells with the odd shower following from the west, with highest temperatures of 23C.
Tonight, however, will become 'unseasonably' wet and windy as Storm Floris makes landfall, ushering in rainfall that will be heaviest in the north and northwest with gale force winds on the Atlantic coast.
Bank Holiday Monday will start off wet and windy too with the remnants of the storm still active before rain clears eastwards in the afternoon, leaving temperatures of 14C to 21C.
Monday night will remain largely dry and clear as isolates showers fall in areas of the northwest.
Tuesday morning will be mostly dry and bright with daytime temperatures of up to 20C nationwide before dipping to a mild 14C by night.
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