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23rd Jan 2018

Two new yellow-status weather warnings will remain in effect until Wednesday morning

Rory Cashin

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Rain, rain, go away…

But it won’t. Not for a while yet.

After a dreadful weekend which resulted in several parts of the country shutting down major roads due to excessive flooding, we can expect even more sky tears to fall over the next 24 hours.

So much so, that Met Eireann have issued two separate yellow-status weather warnings.

The first goes into effect on Tuesday night at 10pm, when Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo and Clare should expect in excess of 35mm of rain up until 10am on Wednesday morning.

The other weather warning is for all of Ireland, as southwest winds are expected to reach mean speeds of between 55 and 65 km/hr, gusting to 110 km/hr at times this evening and tonight.

Winds will be strongest in Western and Northwestern counties and along the Southeast coast, and may briefly exceed these values.

This wind warning is effect from 9pm tonight up until 9am on Wednesday morning.

So be sure to wrap up warm and dry if you’re heading out tonight.

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