Possible flooding and travel disruption across NI

Storm Amy will impact the island of Ireland on Friday.

Warnings have been issued for all counties.

Met Éireann has issued a red warning – the highest level – for coastal waters between Fairhead (Antrim) and Loop Head (Clare).

Level orange – the second highest level – warnings have been issued for counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.

Yellow alerts have been issued elsewhere.

The UK Met Office at this point have issued a yellow level warning for NI.

A separate weather system will bring heavy and possibly thundery rain to much of the island today. An orange alert is in force for County Kerry and yellow level warnings are in force across most western counties.

The Met Office has issued a heavy rain warning for Northern Ireland, which is in force until 22:00 BST on Thursday.

Rainfall accumulations of 20-30mm are expected widely with over 40mm of rain over higher ground possible.

This could lead to localised flooding and travel disruption. The heavier rain will affect most places through the evening commute.

Southerly winds will strengthen for a time gusting to 50mph along the east coast.

The weather will turn comparatively drier overnight, and Friday will start quiet with many places dry.

Storm Amy will bring increasingly wet and windy weather during Friday.

The latest Met Office warning comes into effect at 14:00 across Northern Ireland and is valid until midday on Saturday.

Winds will pick up during the afternoon, peaking during the evening, with westerly wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph likely for many areas, and could reach 60 to 70 mph for a time. Exposed coasts and hills will see the highest gusts which could exceed 70 mph.

Winds of this strength could bring down trees and in coastal areas be aware of large waves coming onshore.

Heavy rain will accompany the stormy conditions.

There is a slight chance of some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs

Delays to road, rail, air, and ferry services are likely.

There is a slight chance that power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.