Today

Becoming very windy today with the passage of Storm Clodagh to the north of Ireland. West to southwesterly winds this morning, later becoming west to northwesterly this afternoon, will be very strong and gusty. Heavy rain and showers throughout the day too.

Cold also with highest temperatures of 9 or 10 degrees.

Tonight

The winds will ease this evening and it will be less windy overnight. The showers will become more isolated and there will be good clear spells for a time, with frost in some places. But cloud will increase again later in the night and further rain will spread from the south.

Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees.

Weather warnings

Nationwide wind warning (status orange)

Southwesterly winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds of 60 to 80 km/h with gusts of 100 to 130km/h. Valid until 3pm.

Nationwide weather advisory (status yellow)

Clodagh, the third named storm of the extended winter season, will pass eastwards to the north of Ireland on Sunday morning, 29th November. The current Status Orange warning for very strong, westerly winds is a direct result of Clodagh’s evolution. The warning is valid until 3pm.

Later Sunday, Clodagh will pass through Scotland and the North Sea towards southern Scandinavia where it is expected to deepen further.