A bright day for Donegal before status yellow weather warning for wind and rain

Today will be a bright day across Donegal with sunny spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 10 or 11 degrees with moderate south to southwest winds.

Much of tonight will be mainly dry. Rain will develop after midnight and will spread eastwards to all areas overnight. It will become very windy overnight also with southerly winds increasing strong to gale force. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 7 degrees.

Sunday morning will be wet and windy with widespread rain, heavy in many areas with some spot flooding. There is a status yellow weather warning for heavy wind and rain from Sunday 2am to 3pm.

Rain will gradually clear eastwards through the late morning and afternoon with scattered blustery showers following, some heavy with isolated thunderstorms possible. Strong to gale force southerly winds will decrease fresh to strong, gusty southwesterly as rain clears. Highest temperatures of 11 or 12 degrees.