Weather forecast

Four weather warnings for today have been issued by Met Éireann. The status orange rainfall warning for Wicklow, Galway, Cork, Kerry and Waterford that was issued on Monday will come into effect from today (Tuesday) at noon. It is due to remain in place until tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon. There is also an orange wind warning in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry that will come into effect at noon today and will remain vaild until one minute to midnight this evening.

There is a yellow rainfall warning in place for Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo, Leitrim, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and all Leinster except Wicklow. This warning is due to remain in place until tomorrow at noon. Finally, a yellow wind warning is in place in Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford, valid until 6am on Wednesday.

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As indicated by the weather warnings, it will become very windy by afternoon today, with strong to gale force and gusty southerly winds. It will become extremely windy along Atlantic coasts as Storm Frank tracks northwards off the west coast. Heavy rain will push into the southwest and west in the afternoon and spread eastwards during the evening. Afternoon temperatures will be between 7°C and 11°C. Tonight will be very wet and windy with widespread rain turning heavy. Southerly winds will be strong to gale force and gusty at first, but decrease fresh to strong in the western half of the country by morning. It will be mild with lowest temperatures staying around 8°C to 10°C.

In the news today

  • With Storm Frank exacerbating major flooding across the country, our machinery editor James Maloney has some tips on operating machinery in flooded conditions.
  • The annual special Christmas sale at Newport mart on the Tipperary and Limerick county border on Monday saw record crowds and stock numbers despite the very wet weather.
  • The Department of Agriculture has doubled Ireland's contribution to the aid to world food programme.
  • Plus, don't miss our Farming News Year in Review series for 2015 - the first nine months of the year have been published so far, with October due to go up later today. Read back up to September here.

    • Coming up today on farmersjournal.ie and on the app

  • An update on Storm Frank and flooding conditions around the country.
  • 10 tips for healthy calves from our contributor vet Tommy Heffernan.
  • We report on a large sheep kill that took place over the bank holiday.
  • We’ll have videos of Christmas tractor runs from Killbrittain and South Longford

    • What's on today

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