BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES! Kildare forecast to get downpours this evening and tomorrow morning

Kildare is set to be hit with rain causing spot flooding, poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions from 6pm today until 1pm on Saturday.

t to be lashed with more torrential rain today and across the Bank Holiday Weekend with two Met Eireann weather warnings issued. 

A Status Yellow Rain Warning for Connacht and Cavan comes into effect at 2pm on Friday and remains in place until 9am on Saturday morning.

A second Status Yellow Weather Warning for Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, and Monaghan comes into effect at 6pm on Friday and remains in place until 1pm on Saturday.

Met Eireann says possible impacts are spot flooding, poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions adding that it will also turn windy overnight.

A Small Craft Marine warning has also been issued by Met Eireann from Dungarvan to Valentia to Erris Head. Met Eireann is warning that southerly winds will increase to force 6 or higher tonight.

Spells of heavy rain from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning⚠️️

Possible impacts:

Spot flooding

Poor visibility

Difficult travelling conditions⤵️https://t.co/l8JdKfxxiH pic.twitter.com/n9PIL3oTsf

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 3, 2023

The weather forecast from Met Eireann for Friday and the weekend is for a rather mixed August Bank Holiday Weekend.

Met Eireann says it will be wet and windy for a time Friday night and Saturday morning with yellow level rain and wind warnings in operation, followed by sunshine and showers with further persistent rain coming through on Monday.

The weather forecast from Met Eireann for Friday is for the day to be mainly dry and bright to begin with sunny spells and isolated showers. Cloud will gradually thicken with outbreaks of rain developing in the west and southwest this afternoon, extending eastwards later, with spot flooding likely. Highs of 15 to 18 degrees. Light to moderate westerly breezes will back south to southeast later.

Cloudy and wet on Friday night with outbreaks of heavy rain, giving rise to spot flooding. It will turn windy at times overnight, especially in the southwest towards dawn. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees.

According to Met Eireann, it will be wet and blustery to begin on Saturday, windiest across southern parts of the country, with outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, clearing eastwards through the morning. Brighter and drier conditions with scattered showers in the west will gradually extend to all parts by the early afternoon. Strong and gusty northwest winds in the south, moderate to fresh elsewhere, will ease by the early afternoon. Highs of 14 to 18 degrees.

Dry in many areas on Saturday night with clear spells with showers becoming increasingly confined to Atlantic coastal counties. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees in light to moderate westerly winds.

According to Met Eireann, Sunday will be a bright day with a mix of sunshine and showers. The showers will be heaviest and most frequent in north and east. Maximum temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in light to moderate west to northwest breezes.