By Diarmaid Doherty AS the county recovers from the damage and impact of Storm Éowyn on Friday, Met Éireann has today issued more weather warnings for Donegal. A Moderate Weather Warning for snow-ice for Donegal will take effect from 8pm this evening (Saturday) and is valid until 9am on Sunday. And there’s a separate Moderate […]
Gritting service to be depoyed this evening
By Diarmaid Doherty DONEGAL County Council’s gritting service will be deployed from 6pm this evening amid another drop in temperatures across the county. It has been a cold day across the north west and according to Met Éireann, temperatures will drop to 0 to 3 degrees later this evening with a touch of frost developing […]
Severe Weather Warning issued for Donegal from 7pm this evening
Met Éireann has issued a Severe Weather Warning for low temperatures in Donegal for Thursday evening and into Friday morning. The Orange weather warning comes into effect from 7pm this evening (Thursday) and is valid to 8am on Friday. Met Éireann say it will be extremely cold with widespread severe frost and ice, along with […]
Met Éireann forecasting extremely low temperatures, frost and ice for Donegal from this evening
By Diarmaid Doherty Met Éireann has this morning issued a Moderate Weather Warning for low-temperature for Donegal. The forecaster is predicting very cold nights up ahead with widespread frost and ice and snow predicted. Advertisement Temperatures will be struggling to get above freezing point during the day and Met Éireann says the potential impacts of […]
FURTHER WEATHER WARNINGS: Snow-ice for Donegal
Met Eireann has issued a warning for snow-ice for Donegal. The yellow alert comes into effect tomorrow at 5pm until Sunday at 5pm. Falls of sleet and snow with snowfall accumulations can be expected. Advertisement Hazardous travelling conditions, poor visibilty and travel disruption are also to be expected. As well as Donegal, counties Leinster, Cavan, […]
Yellow weather warning for Donegal
Met Eireann has issued a yellow low temperature warning for low temperature for Donegal. Met Eireann is forecasting very cold and widespread ice with temperatures to fall to -3 degrees, and have said there will be potential impacts in relation to hazardous driving conditions and animal welfare issues. The warning is in place from today […]
Wind warning for Donegal
A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Donegal. The alert will come into effect at mighnight on Tuesday and will last until 11am that morning. Counties Galway and Mayo will also be affected. Advertisement Strong to gale force and gusty southwest winds are expected. Met Éireann are urging people to be careful of […]
Status Red wind warning for Donegal tonight
Donegal County Council is urging members of the public to take extra care as Storm Darragh approaches. A Status Red Wind Warning has been issued by Met Éireann today and will be in effect in Donegal from 10pm this evening until 3am Saturday morning. Storm Darragh will bring extremely strong and gusty northwest winds with […]
Donegal to escape worst of weather warnings but rainy days still ahead
While Donegal is set to dodge the brunt of the severe weather currently sweeping across the country, we are still in for a few damp days ahead. A series of Status Orange and Yellow rain warnings have been issued for several southern counties today and tomorrow, with Met Éireann predicting the heaviest downpours and potential […]
Sunny days ahead but no heatwave for Donegal says Met Éireann
A Met Éireann spokesperson has confirmed that Donegal, along with the rest of Ireland, will not be experiencing a heatwave in the coming days. While some may have been hoping for scorching temperatures, the weather forecast paints a more moderate picture. “In Met Éireann, a heatwave is defined as 5 consecutive days of 25 degrees […]