Storm Debi to hit Laois as Met Éireann declares Status Orange weather impact

Storm Debi is on course to hit Laois and most Leinster counties making for a hazardous start to the week due its impact.

Met Éireann has issued a series of warnings for Storm Debi which is forecast to hit Ireland on Sunday night and Monday morning. 

Ireland's forecaster has put Laois and 15  counties under a wind warning for the early hours of Monday morning.

They are: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Galway.

Met Éireann warns Storm Debi will bring "severe and damaging gusts."

Met Eireann warns of damage to exposed and vulnerable structures, dangerous travelling conditions, disruption to services and damage to power lines.

This warning is valid from 2am to 12pm on Monday.

Met Eireann has also issued a Status Yellow wind and rain warning for the entire country.

Forecasters says it will be "very windy or stormy on Sunday night and Monday due to Storm Debi, accompanied by heavy rain with a chance of embedded thunderstorms and hail."

Possible impacts include fallen trees/branches, localised flooding, wave overtopping and hazardous travelling conditions

This warning is valid from midnight on Sunday to 3pm on Monday.

The national outlook is for mixed and unsettled weather with blustery showers on many of the days ahead. MORE FORECAST BELOW post.

#StormDebi will sweep across Ireland on Sunday night & Monday morning

There will be severe and damaging gusts, likely to lead to:

Damage to vulnerable structures
Dangerous travelling conditions
⚡️ Disruption to services & power lines

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— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) November 12, 2023

National forecast issued at 10.41am on 12 November.

Sunday: Rain will continue to track northeastwards, becoming mainly confined to Ulster by the afternoon and clearing before the evening. A mix of sunny spells and showers elsewhere will follow behind the rain. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds, will veer southwesterly, and ease as the rain clears. Highest temperatures will range 8 to 13 degrees, coolest in the north and mildest in the south.

A mix of clear spells and scattered showers to begin at night. Thundery spells of rain will follow later, turning very heavy in places, especially over Connacht and Ulster with some flooding, hail and lightning possible. Cyclonic variable winds will pick up in strength too with very windy or stormy westerly winds developing with some severe and damaging gusts possible. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees.

Monday: Begins very windy or stormy with further severe or damaging gusts along with thundery rain in places. Rain will clear to the north through the morning, followed by sunny spells and heavy showers. Strong to gale force westerly winds will gradually ease off into the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees.

Clear spells and blustery heavy showers, mainly affecting Atlantic counties at night. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds.

TUESDAY: Blustery with sunny spells and widespread heavy showers with the best of the drier brighter spells across the southeast and east. Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in fresh and gusty westerly winds. The winds will ease overnight with showers confined to the northwest. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees.

WEDNESDAY: Current indications suggest it will be mostly dry with sunny spells and calmer winds. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in light southwesterly breezes.

THURSDAY: Sunny spells and scattered showers - most of which will affect Atlantic counties. Quite breezy in moderate to fresh westerly winds. Cool with highest temperatures 7 to 10 degrees.

FURTHER OUTLOOK: Unsettled later this week.