Oh, the weather outside is frightful.
If you’re one of the people that has already bought all of their Christmas presents and are smugly lauding this fact over everyone else that you know, prepare to feel even smugier (yep, we just invented that word).
Met Éireann have issued two weather warnings for Ireland and it’s bad news for anyone that might be out and about in the last panic to pick up a few Christmas gifts.
A Status Yellow warning has been sounded due to a stormy spell of weather that’s occurring right now. These adverse conditions are expected to last until later this week and over the Christmas weekend.
In particular, Friday looks like bringing stormy weather, with the north and west most at risk. This warning is valid until midnight on St. Stephen’s Day.
As for today, another Status Yellow warning has been issued for coastal regions which states: “South to southwest winds will reach gale force 8 at times today on coasts from Slyne Head to Rossan Point to Fair Head”.
Today’s weather conditions throughout the country are as follows. “Frost and fog clearing slowly this morning. Sunny spells in the east for a time. Rain in the west will spread eastwards through the day along with fresh, gusty southerly winds and will reach the east coast in the late afternoon. Highest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees generally, but 9 or 10 degrees along Atlantic coasts”, according to Met Éireann.
They add: “This evening and early tonight, rain will gradually clear eastwards. It will become cold with frost developing in places for a time as winds fall off light. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 6 degrees. A band of heavy showers will spread from the west overnight and southerly winds will freshen.”
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