Today

Today will start mostly dry with some sunny spells in freshening southerly winds. However, it will become very windy by afternoon with strong to gale force and gusty southerly winds and it will become extremely windy along Atlantic coasts as storm Frank tracks northwards off the west coast. Heavy rain will push into the southwest and west in the afternoon and spread eastwards during the evening.

Afternoon temperatures will be between 7 and 11 degrees.

Tonight

Tonight will be very wet and windy with widespread rain turning heavy. Southerly winds will be strong to gale force and gusty at first, but decrease fresh to strong in the western half of the country by morning.

It will be mild with lowest temperatures staying around 8 to 10 degrees.

Weather warnings

Wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry (status orange)

Southerly winds associated with Storm Frank will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80 km with gusts of 100 to 120 km/hour, strongest in coastal areas on Tuesday afternoon, evening and early night. Valid until midnight.

Rainfall warning for Wicklow, Galway, Cork, Kerry and Waterford (status orange)

Rainfall totals of 40 to 70 mm over 24 hours between Tuesday midday and Wednesday midday. 

Wind warning for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford (status yellow)

Southerly winds will reach speeds of 45 to 65 km/hour with gusts of 90 to 109 km/hr, strongest on the south coast through the second half of Tuesday and Tuesday night. Valid until 6am Wednesday.

Rainfall warning for Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo, Leitrim, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and all Leinster except Wicklow (status yellow).

Rainfall totals of 25 to 40 mm over 24 hours between Tuesday midday and Wednesday midday.