Turning wet and very windy from Tuesday with the risk of some wintry falls of snow later in the week
Tuesday will see a change in weather conditions with the Atlantic again pushing bands of rainfall due to areas of low pressure passing close or over Ireland at times this week but the good news is that there are some signs that drier weather may develop again after this weekend.
Heavy rainfall Tuesday
A area of low pressure in the Atlantic will pass to the northwest of Ireland on Tuesday afternoon, evening and night bringing in a band of rain with it as it sweeps across Ireland west to east on Tuesday afternoon and evening it will bring some heavy falls of rain to places with some spot flooding. Some parts of the west, northwest and southwest seen up to 20mm of rain but amount less away from these areas.
Turning windy on Tuesday afternoon, evening and night
It will also turn rather windy on Tuesday afternoon, evening and night with strong southwest to west winds especially across the western & northwestern counites where winds will be strong with the risk of some coastal flooding also possible especially around high tide. A yellow wind warning may be issued on Tuesday morning for this time period for counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. If you have any loose items in the Garden it may be no harm to take them in or secure them. Winds in western and northwestern areas gusting between 70km to 90km/hr but up to 100km/hr across coastal areas with the risk of coastal flooding.
Windy again later Wednesday and Thursday with a possible named storm
A developing low pressure system is expected to bring further strong winds to Ireland Wednesday evening, night and Thursday morning but the good news is that the low pressure system at present does not look as deep as it was showing on models over the weekend where it was showing very high impact winds. Some strong winds will still be possible especially across western and southern counites where some winds may gust as high as 120km/hr with a Orange level wind warning possible for some counites most likely Clare, Kerry, Cork & Waterford and depending if the low tracks a little further north then also Galway and Mayo.
A early wind warning has been issued by Met Eireann ahead of this system which may see all areas come under a yellow wind warning along with a orange warning issued for some of the counites mentioned above. It may also be named as early as Tuesday. The next named storm will be called Storm Evert.
Status Yellow - Wind warning for Galway, Clare, Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Wexford
Met Éireann Weather Warning
Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night, southwest to west winds will reach mean wind speeds of 50 to 65 km/h, with gusts ranging 80 to 110km/h, higher in exposed locations.
Valid: 12:00 Wednesday 10/03/2021 to 06:00 Thursday 11/03/2021
Issued: 14:09 Monday 08/03/2021
Updated: 14:11 Monday 08/03/2021
Some rain is also expected from this system on Wednesday into Thursday with some heavy bursts
Turning colder later in the week with some wintry falls of hail, sleet and snow
As the low pressure system clears to the east on Thursday much colder air will move in behind it with a very showery set up also expected. The air mass is a polar Maritime air mass which will give wintry falls to places with mostly rain, hail and sleet to lower level but some snow also look on the cards later next week over high ground areas as the below image shows. Purple indications wintry falls of hail, sleet and snow. Some thunderstorms activity also looks possible.
Saturday is looking like a very cold day for the time of year with heavy wintry showers of sleet, hail and snow looking possible possibly even giving a dusting in places for a time over the weekend
Turning milder and drier next week again
The longer range forecast then indicates high pressure will build again after next week with a return to much drier conditions and also warmer and sunnier weather bringing back the spring like weather.
Kenneth from the Donegal Weather Channel
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