Met Eireann has issued warnings for strong winds and heavy rainfall this weekend.
A national weather warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall has been issued for Ireland this weekend.
Firstly, a national wind warning will come into effect at 9am and lasts until 11:59pm on Sunday.
While a national rainfall warning will come into effect at 12pm on Saturday and last until 3pm on Sunday.
Status Yellow - Wind warning for Ireland. Valid from 12:00 Sat, 08-Feb-2020 until 15:00 Sun, 09-Feb-2020
Rainfall warnings will follow.https://t.co/ozrQHtoOkt pic.twitter.com/lufICF1DNy— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) February 6, 2020
The national forecaster said:
''Southerly winds will strengthen during Saturday reaching mean speeds of 50-65km/h with gusts reaching 90-110km/h''.
While on Sunday, ''Storm Ciara (named by the UK Met Office) will produce very strong winds over Ireland on Sunday with a risk of damaging gusts.
''Over the weekend the combination of Spring Tides and high seas as well as stormy conditions will result in an elevated risk of coastal flooding especially along southern, western and northwestern coasts.''
