Very heavy rain, strong winds and serious flood risk

09:32, 07 Dec 2025Updated 09:39, 07 Dec 2025

Status Yellow warning

Cork and six other counties have been issued with a Status Yellow rainfall warning as Ireland braces for a low pressure storm system rolling in from the Atlantic – with the entire country also to come under a Status Yellow wind warning.

The storm, which could yet be classified as our second named storm of the season, is set to bring gales, heavy rain, thunder and possible flooding to areas across the county. The national forecaster has warned that we’re due “very windy with possibly stormy conditions developing in parts of the west and northwest” overnight from Monday into Tuesday – with a Status Yellow warning now issued for the night.

The alert, which applies to Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford, will come into effect at 9pm on Monday, December 8, lasting until 9am on Tuesday. Extreme caution is urged for those outside overnight, as “heavy rain falls on already saturated ground.”

The warning will be followed by a Status Yellow wind warning for the entirety of Ireland, active from 3am on Tuesday until 9pm, writh “very strong and gusty southerly winds with gales possible near coasts – increased risk in coastal areas due to coincidence with very high spring tides.”

The forecaster has said that we are due outbreaks of rain and drizzle. today, ahead of the pressure system’s arrival. Tonight, showers will spread from the west, and some will be heavy with the chance of hail and isolated thunderstorms. Monday will start off bright with sunny spells, before heavy shows roll in later on before the warning kicks in.

The latest updates from expert Alan O’Reilly – behind the popular X account Carlow weather – say we can expect risks of localised flooding, with the possibility of Monday night’s storm being named. Should this occur, it will be named Storm Bram, the second named storm of the season after Storm Amy in early October.

Met Éireann added that there is “some uncertainty” about the pressure system set to strike late on Monday, but all indications are for a wet, windy, stormy night. After that, Tuesday will bring “brighter showery conditions” with highs of 15 degrees