The warning will remain in place until 7pm on Saturday
A thunderstorm warning is in place(Image: Getty)
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Thunderstorm warning for three counties.
The weather warning, valid from just after midday until 7pm on Saturday night, was issued for Cork, Kerry, and Waterford. Issuing the alert, Met Éireann forecasters warned that there would be “scattered thunderstorms with the chance of hail” for these counties.
Potential impacts from the adverse weather include localised flooding, difficult travelling conditions and lightning damage.
In an afternoon update, Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather warned that there were already thunderstorms hitting the southwest of the country, with winds reaching as strong as 86km/h along the west coast.
He wrote: “Thunderstorms in southwest now with heavy downpours and winds gusting to 86km/h on west coast.”
A separate Status Yellow – Wind and Rain warning for Cork and Kerry issued on Friday has also been in effect since midday today, and will remain in place until 8pm on Saturday night.
Met Éireann forecasters warned of very strong and gusty southwesterly winds, along with squally heavy showers or longer spells of rain and a chance of hail and thunder for these counties.
Potential impacts in these areas include difficult travelling conditions, spot flooding, some fallen trees and branches and some loose objects displaced.
People shelter from the rain in Cork, Co Cork. (Image: Noel Sweeney/PA Wire)
Overall, Met Éireann forecasters have said the coming days will be rather unsettled with blustery showers and strong and gusty winds.
Scattered showers will continue to feed in from the west at first, turning heavy at times over parts of the northwest. Later, clear spells will develop as those showers track eastward and ease. Cool and breezy with lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees and moderate to fresh south-west winds, strong and gusty on coasts.
Scattered showers will continue to feed in from the west at first, turning heavy at times over parts of the northwest on Saturday night.
Later, clear spells will develop as those showers track eastward and ease. Cool and breezy with lowest temperatures of 4C to 7C and moderate to fresh south-west winds, strong and gusty on coasts.
Sunday will be another breezy and bright day with scattered showers gradually becoming more isolated by the afternoon.
Plenty of sunny breaks too, the best of which will be in the south and southeast. Highest temperatures of 8C to 11C in moderate to fresh west to south-west winds, strong and gusty along coasts.
Scattered cloud and isolated showers gradually clearing as southwesterly winds ease overnight too. Lowest temperatures of -1C to 3C with some frost and icy patches possible.
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