Weather warnings for eight counties ahead of Storm Floris

James Cox

Met Éireann has issued weather warnings for eight counties ahead of Storm Floris, which is due to make landfall tomorrow night.

A status yellow wind warning for Clare, Galway, Mayo and Sligo will come into effect at 2am on Monday morning and last until 1pm on Monday afternoon.

Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal and Leitrim will come under a similar wind alert between the hours of 4am and 4pm on Monday.

While a status yellow rain warning has been issued for Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Galway between 2am and 10am on Monday.

On Firday, Met Éireann issued a weather advisory ahead of Storm Floris, warning it will bring “unseasonably impactful weather” from late Sunday into Monday.

The national forecaster said the storm will bring a “deepening low-pressure system”.

Forecaster Andrew Doran-Sherlock said: “Storm Floris will bring a spell of wet and unseasonably windy weather, particularly for northwestern areas, through Sunday night and into Monday. However, there is still some uncertainty in the details so the full impacts of the system cannot yet be determined.

"By Saturday though, the event will be within the range of our high-resolution DINI forecasting model and warnings will be issued.”

Met Éireann said potential storm inpacts will include Dangerous travelling conditions, fallen trees, debris and loose objects, structural damage, knock on impacts for outdoor events, power outages, wave overtopping and localised flooding due to leaves and debris.