Met Eireann issue weather warning for Galway

The yellow alert will only be valid until 9am but will bring “heavy downpours of thunder and lightning”.

The National Forecaster is warning of spot flooding, difficult travelling conditions, lightning strikes and poor visibility.

Here’s what Met Eireann is forecasting once the weather warning lifts at 9am:

Tuesday: “Mostly cloudy and rather misty to begin with some scattered outbreaks of showery rain and drizzle in places, and with some heavy thundery downpours for a time this morning, mainly across Connacht and possibly Ulster too, with some spot flooding. It'll brighten up with some sunny spells gradually developing, along with further showers, some heavy.

“There's a chance of more thunderstorms into the afternoon too, with these most likely over parts of Ulster and Leinster. Humid with highest temperatures of 18 to 23 or 24 degrees, warmest in the east and south, with light to moderate southwest winds, becoming mostly moderate westerly, increasing fresh and occasionally gusty along the west coast in the evening.”

Tonight: “Mainly dry at first tonight with just isolated showers and with some clear spells, the best of these across the east and south. Cloud will increase overnight with a scattering of showers moving in from the west and with some persistent rain and drizzle spreading into parts of Ulster, north Connacht and possibly north Leinster. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees in mostly moderate westerly winds, increasing fresh to strong and gusty in western and northwestern coastal parts.”

Tomorrow: “Wednesday, will be a rather windy day, indeed windy further north, and it'll be fresher than recently. It'll be cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle affecting much of Ulster, and mainly north Connacht and north Leinster, accompanied by fresh to strong and occasionally gusty westerly winds, reaching near gale or gale force in northwestern coastal parts. The rain will be heaviest and most persistent in the northwest, with some spot flooding possible. It'll be much drier and brighter elsewhere with some sunny spells and a few well scattered showers and mostly moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty westerly winds, strong at times. Highest temperatures ranging from 14 degrees in the northwest, up to 19 or 20 degrees in the southeast.”