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Friday 23 October 2020
It joins a snow-ice warning that kicks in at midnight tonight.
Met Éireann says heavy rain is on its way.
Met Eireann predicts that conditions will be warm and unsettled in the coming days.
It’ll be a bit of a mixed bag in the coming days.
Some showers next week could turn heavy or possibly thundery.
Here’s what’s happening with the weather today.
Lots of public transport will be stopping later this afternoon (if it hasn’t already).
Uprooted trees and wayward trampolines were spotted.
A status yellow warning has been released for Thursday.
We’ve had some nice autumn weather, but things are about to get a bit colder.
Not everywhere, anyway.
Tomorrow will be a bit brighter though, thankfully.
Finally. FINALLY.
Just about, anyway.
Temperatures will drop to as low as three degrees tonight.
Documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information reveals that 118 complaints were made to the forecaster over a 12 month period.
There is an orange and yellow warning for some counties today and tomorrow.
There will be some showers too. (Sorry).
Don’t open the curtains just yet.
Fear not. Temperatures are going to be in double figures tomorrow.
It’s see your breath sort of weather.
A Met Éireann snow-ice warning is in effect until tomorrow afternoon.
Let’s see what the experts are saying.
It’s for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo. But the rest of the country won’t exactly be warm either…
Gimme dem fog lights.
Surface water has been reported on one city-centre quay.
The flooding began last night – almost exactly a year after the hospital had suffered similar flooding.
Adam Scott and Shane Lowry will both have to deal with some strong winds and rain in Hoylake this morning.
El Nino is a flow of unusually warm waters from the Pacific Ocean that shakes up climate patterns worldwide.
Washing lines at the ready…
Keep the brolly handy this week.
Meanwhile, boil water notices have been lifted in some areas of Clare and Limerick.
We love talking about it. ALL THE TIME.
A secondary ‘orange alert’ is in place in a number of other coastal counties.
14 severe flood warnings have been issued across the UK, with householders living along the River Thames put on standby.
That’s the message from the Road Safety Authority today, as Met Éireann predicts more bad weather.
This is not a drill.
Storm damage in Galway spurred Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh to make the call.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
If you did, we want to know: Who won last night’s US election debate?
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Some sun with a couple of showers; cool
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Windy with periods of rain
Max: 12 °C
Min: 7 °C
Mainly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 12 °C
Min: 7 °C
