Status yellow rain warnings in place for counties in southeast – The Irish Times

Yellow climate warnings for rain are in place for counties within the southeast on Monday because the nation emerges from Storm Kathleen.

Met Éireann is forecasting heavy rain in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford, with potential flooding. The standing yellow warning for the counties will stay in place till midnight.

Rain can be persistent all through the day throughout Leinster, with rain and drizzle pushing northwards. It is going to be principally dry within the west. Highest temperatures will straddle between 5 and 10 levels.

Nationally, climate will stay unsettled, with the night set to deliver milder temperatures.

The climate might pose a difficulty for these hoping to catch a glimpse of Monday night’s partial photo voltaic eclipse. Rain can be persist within the midlands, south and east of the nation into the night, with the eclipse set to start at 7.55pm.

Western counties – the place the most effective views of the eclipse are promised – will possible dodge the worst of the rain. It is going to keep largely dry, with just some scattered showers, in keeping with Met Éireann. Temperatures on Monday night will linger round 7 levels.

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David Moore, chairman of Astronomy Eire, mentioned that discovering an unobstructed view of the western horizon will present the most effective view of the celestial occasion.

“You don’t need bushes, buildings, hills or something in your approach,” he mentioned. “The perfect place can be on high of a hill overlooking the ocean.

“In actual fact, if there was no such factor as climate, the best place would in all probability be on the highest of one of many mountains on the west coast – perhaps Croagh Patrick, as an illustration.”

All climate warnings will expire at midnight. Though there can be a couple of showers, Tuesday can be a typically dry day with sunny spells. Highest temperatures will transfer between 8 and 12 levels.