Met Éireann has issued a yellow wind warning for seven counties from Sunday afternoon with mild and unsettled conditions expected over the weekend.
An alert for counties Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Leitrim and Sligo is valid from 3pm on Sunday until 11pm. A separate warning for counties Clare and Kerry is valid from 3pm until 8pm.
Met Éireann said severe gusts would be possible which could lead to some fallen trees and power outages.
Aoife Kealy, meteorologist with Met Éireann, said there would be outbreaks of rain and drizzle on Saturday morning but that overall it would be a dull, cloudy day.
Milder but generally cloudy for much of the weekend with outbreaks of rain at times. 🌧️
Turning windy 🍃 during Sunday with the risk of severe winds developing along the west & northwest coast. 💨https://t.co/igSZI3lkEn pic.twitter.com/nln35bXPEC— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) December 10, 2021
There may be heavier bursts of rain in the northern half of the country, Ms Kealy added, with Saturday evening drier and clearer in Connacht and Ulster, and the rain becoming confined to the south and southeast.
Temperatures are mild this weekend, reaching 10 to 13 degrees on Saturday.
Sunday will be another cloudy day, with outbreaks of rain expected, according to Ms Kealy.
“It will also be windy in the north and northwest, because of a depression coming in, but it will still be mild, with temperatures reaching 11-13 degrees.”
The weather will also be unsettled for the first half of next week.
