Yellow weather warning in place this weekend for Northern Ireland
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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain this evening across Northern Ireland.
It's expected to be heaviest across parts of south Down, especially south-facing slopes of the Mournes.
Widely 15-25 mm of rain will fall here in a relatively short period of time, with parts of the higher ground in the area seeing 40-50 mm.
The Met Office has warned: "Given saturated ground in the area, these sort of totals have the potential to lead to some disruption to transport and utilities."
What to expect:
☔️ Flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely
☔️ Bus services probably affected with journey times taking longer
☔️ Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
The yellow weather warning is in place from 9pm this evening (Friday 17th) until 3am on Saturday 18th November 2023.
Check out Northern Ireland's five-day forecast 👇
Today: Risk some early fog patches. Most staying dry with only a few light isolated showers expected. Some brighter spells breaking through the extensive higher cloud. Chance of patchy rain reaching the far west of the Province towards early evening. Maximum temperature 10 °C.
Tonight: Periods of rain soon spreading to all from the west during evening and persists overnight. Rain heaviest around midnight, turning patchy towards dawn, as strong to gale southeast winds ease. Minimum temperature 4 °C.
Saturday: Rather cloudy with showers or longer periods of rain, heaviest across western districts. South to southwest winds strong around the coasts. Best of limited brightness around east coasts. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday: Sunday and Monday showery with limited brighter spells. Tuesday starting largely dry and bright, but increasing chance of rain feeding from the west later in the day.
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