Following drier and brighter conditions across Ireland on Friday evening through Saturday, a spell of very wet and windy weather will impact all areas on Sunday.
18 counties have been placed under Status Yellow Wind and Rainfall warnings by Met Éireann and the UK Met Office as damaging gusts and up to 20mm of rain are forecast.
Isolated wind gusts of up between 100-120 km/h will likely impact exposed Atlantic coastal areas on Sunday morning, but wind gusts generally will be below 100 km/h.
A low-pressure system currently located east of Nova Scotia will track to the south of Iceland by Sunday morning.
The strong to gale force south-westerly winds will arrive on Ireland’s west coast in the early hours of Sunday morning before quickly spreading to all areas by daybreak.
The strongest winds will clear the east coast in the early afternoon.
It will be late afternoon early evening, however, before rain clears into the Irish Sea followed by scattered showers in the west and northwest.
See metoffice.co.uk and met.ie for the latest information and advice relating to weather alerts.