Weather warning

"Bands of thunderstorms" with "intense lightning strikes" will light up Cork skies again tonight.

Met Eireann have updated the Status Yellow weather warning in place across Cork, all of Munster and other counties. The thunderstorm warning comes after a Status Orange rain warning - later downgraded to Yellow this afternoon - battered the county last night. A Yellow Thunderstorm warning issued this evening will see "intense storms" across the county.

Met Éireann has issued a thunderstorm warning for parts of Ireland with intense lightning as the rain deluge continues this afternoon. The Status O...

Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees. Showers will develop in the south later in the afternoon. Very breezy and blustery with fresh to strong and gusty easterly winds and highest temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds will largely ease later. Thursday: The morning will be largely dry and partly cloudy with a few showers about mostly in southern coastal counties. Drier conditions with clear spells and isolated showers will push into the south early, extending to all areas later.

A status orange rain warning began at midnight for Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow, with Met Éireann predicting heavy rain, thundery downpours and ...

Heavy rain set in overnight in affected counties, with motorists urged to take care on the roads and to be mindful of potential flooding. A status orange rain warning began at midnight for Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow, with Met Éireann predicting heavy rain, thundery downpours and the possibility of localised flooding. Heavy rain on Tuesday night, Wednesday and Wednesday night

A STATUS ORANGE thunderstorm warning has been extended to four counties until 11pm this evening. Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford are at risks of ...

It also responded to reports of a lightning strike in Blanchardstown. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can make sure we can keep reliable, meaningful news open to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal. Additionally, a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning is in place for the rest of the country until 1am. Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

Met Éireann has today (Wednesday, October 19) issued a Status Orange weather warning for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms.

[Met Éireann](https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/tag/met-eireann-2/) has advised that disruption is likely in the affected counties as a result of the adverse weather. A Status Orange thunderstorm warning is in place for Dublin; Kildare; Louth; Meath; and Wicklow, with a Status Orange rainfall warning in place for Wexford and Wicklow. A status yellow rain warning is also in place for Carlow; Dublin; Kildare; Kilkenny; Laois; Louth; Meath; Offaly; Cavan; Monaghan; Cork; Kerry; and Tipperary.

The yellow warning is in place from 4am this morning until midnight tonight and warns of a "disruption" due to the localised flooding.

Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees. Currently Sunday looks to be turning wet again with rain in most places. Showers will develop in the south later in the afternoon. Southwest winds will generally be light to moderate, stronger in Atlantic coastal areas. Highs of 14 or 15 degrees. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds will largely ease later. Much of Ulster will stay dry. Outbreaks of heavy rain with possible thunderstorms tonight. A mostly cloudy day with spells of rain, turning heavy at times. Quite breezy with moderate to fresh easterly winds. Lowest temperatures of 9 or 10 degrees. Unfortunately, the rain is set to continue into the early days of next week as well.

Met Éireann has extended a weather warning for other parts of the country to include Clare. Much of the east coast and Munster were already under Status Orange rain and thunderstorm warnings while Clare has now been added to a widening list and placed ...

Lightning events have already been reported in North Clare. The warning, which came into effect at 5.00pm, will remain in place until 10pm (Wednesday). - Advertisement -