A status-orange rain warning has been issued for three counties in the northwest of the Republic for Saturday morning, with the potential for flooding, lightning and \u201clikely\u201d damage to homes and businesses.<\/p>\n
The warning of \u201cvery heavy and persistent rain\u201d with possible thunderstorms for Donegal<\/a>, Galway<\/a>, Mayo<\/a>, comes into effect at 1am on Saturday and ends at 7am. The weather conditions are expected to cause disruption and delays to public transport.<\/p>\n Met \u00c9ireann<\/a> also issued a status-yellow rain warning for six counties: Clare<\/a>, Donegal<\/a>, Galway<\/a>, Leitrim<\/a>, Mayo<\/a> and Sligo<\/a> from 9pm on Friday until 9am on Saturday.<\/p>\n A separate status-yellow rain warning for Cork<\/a> and Kerry<\/a> also comes into effect on Saturday morning, with Met \u00c9ireann again suggesting there could be incidents of localised flooding and travelling could prove difficult.<\/p>\n On the seas, a status-yellow gale warning is in place across much of the west and northwest coast, with south to southwest winds to reach as high as gale-force eight.<\/p>\n A small-crafts marine warning is also in place for the west coast on Friday night into Saturday morning, with winds of force six or stronger expected. <\/p>\n Elsewhere, the forecast for the weekend is for mixed conditions. There will be showers across much of the country. Highest temperatures are expected to be in the region of 15 to 20 degrees.<\/p>\n Heavy overnight rain in the west is expected to clear towards the south on Saturday, with mixed conditions across the rest of the country.<\/p>\n