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THERE IS a status orange wind alert in place for Clare from noon today until midnight.
Storm Franklin will cause gale force westerly winds with severe and damaging gusts. These winds combined with very high seas will lead to wave overtopping, which may result in coastal flooding.
⚠️An Orange wind warning is in place for Clare on Sunday from 12:00 until midnight and for Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo from Sunday at 23:00 until Monday 07:00 due to #StormFranklin.
Wind warnings also in place for NI.
More detail ⬇️https://t.co/Xg3aMJlyuS pic.twitter.com/ZPOi4pzvn5
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) February 20, 2022
Rain will turn heavy at times for the early part of the day with localised flooding, before clearing southeastwards to showers through the afternoon.
Some showers will be heavy with isolated thunderstorms and hail, with sleet possible later. After a mild start, it will turn much colder as the rain clears with afternoon highs of 5 to 7 degrees.
It will remain very windy tonight in strong to near gale force westerly winds with some severe gusts and very high seas with coastal flooding possible.
Showers will continue, heavy for a time with hail and sleet in places but they will ease towards morning. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 4 degrees, turning less cold by morning.
