{"id":390215,"date":"2026-04-09T17:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390215\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:39:10","slug":"met-eireann-issues-weather-warnings-for-eight-counties-ahead-of-strong-winds-and-heavy-rain-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390215\/","title":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann issues weather warnings for eight counties ahead of strong winds and heavy rain \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/met-eireann\/\">Met \u00c9ireann<\/a> has issued a yellow warning for rain and wind, indicating heavy downpours and strong gusts in many parts of the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/waterford\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/waterford\/\">Waterford<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cork\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cork\/\">Cork<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/kerry\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/kerry\/\">Kerry<\/a> are under a yellow rain warning from 9am until 9pm on Friday, with localised flooding and difficult travelling conditions expected in places. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The rest of the country is also expected to be wet with persistent but lighter falls for most of the day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The wind warning applies mainly to the west and northwest, including counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal, but also all coastal regions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">It is currently in place from noon until 9pm on Friday but the situation will be monitored and may be updated during the day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Met \u00c9ireann said the weather over the next few days would be unsettled. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The remainder of Thursday will see a mix of cloud, sunshine and scattered showers, with some hail and thunder possible. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">A relatively dry evening is forecast but with rain and drizzle beginning to move from the west to countrywide by morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">The heaviest of the rain and strongest of the winds on Friday are expected in the late afternoon and evening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">A colder night than recent days is forecast with temperatures ranging from 1 to 5 degrees and a possibility of sleety showers on higher ground. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Saturday will also be windy and showery with strong gusts at times and gales off the west coast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">It will remain colder than of late with some hail, sleet and thundery showers expected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph free \">Sunday will be breezy and blustery again, with further heavy showers. There is also a chance of hail, Met \u00c9ireann said, although temperatures will become warmer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann has issued a yellow warning for rain and wind, indicating heavy downpours and strong gusts in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[46,1485,615,4500,61,60,7727,25524,8764,1191,43,14169,6513,15950],"class_list":{"0":"post-390215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-cork","9":"tag-donegal","10":"tag-dublin","11":"tag-galway","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-kerry","15":"tag-leitrim","16":"tag-mayo","17":"tag-met-eireann","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-sligo","20":"tag-waterford","21":"tag-weather-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}