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A status yellow wind warning for Donegal has taken effect while a similar alert for Derry will become active in the early hours of Tuesday.

Status yellow wind warnings for Donegal and Derry

The weather is looking more settled for the Halloween festival in Derry next week. Photo: George Sweeney

Derry Halloween: Switch in weather good news festival goers

The Foyle Bridge in Derry has been closed due to high winds as a result of Storm Boelo. (File picture)

STORM BOELO: Foyle Bridge in Derry closed

Floodwaters during a previous storm in the north west.

Yellow warning issued as storms Austen and Boelo to impact

Christine and Martin enjoying the sun in Brooke Park in July. (Photo - Tom Heaney, nwpresspics)

July was drier, warmer and sunnier in the NW but less so than elsewhere

A Met Éireann airmass chart for Thursday and Friday.

Yellow thunder warning for Donegal with large hail, flooding, lightning possible

Galeon Andalucia arriving into Derry.

Derry heatwave for Maritime Festival on Thursday followed by thundery weekend

Beachgoers enjoying a heatwave at Fahan in 2022.

Experts don’t believe El Niño will have impact in Ireland this summer

Heavy rain in Derry.

Flooding alert amid torrential downpours

Soaking up the sun in Brooke Park during a previous warm spell in Derry. DER2129GS - 066

Weather to flip as temperatures to reach 21°C

A senior meteorologist has said there is evidence ‘storminess’ has increased after Charles Ward spoke of how Donegal has the ‘sweeping edge of the wind always coming at us whenever there is a storm’.

'Storminess’ on increase Donegal continues to face ‘sweeping edge of wind'

Warmer weather is expected throughout the week. Photo: George Sweeney

Temperatures to hit 18°C across Derry & Donegal this week

Newly bloomed daffodils. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Derry and Donegal set for a wet and windy Easter weekend

The 2024 Derry St Patrick’s Day parade makes its way towards the city centre. Photo: George Sweeney.

'Patchy rain' forecast for St Patrick's Day but 'quite pleasant' weather ahead

Banba's Crown at Malin Head.

Donegal significantly warmer and duller during gloomiest December since 2011

Storm Eunice as it battered Portstewart earlier this year. Photo: Kirth Ferris/ Pacemaker

Storm names for 2022/3 winter season released
Met Éireann along with the Dutch and British meteorological services have released the new list of storm names for the 2022/23 storm season.
Kevin Mullan

Storms named.

Tara, Róisín, Piet, Maura, Atiyah, Hugh? - Storms names for 2019/20 announced

Snow scenes from the main Coleraine to Limavady road last week. Pic Steven McAuley/McAuley Multimedia

Snow warning as temperatures to remain low this week

A sunny day at 'The Tower,' Banba's Crown, Malin Head.

Malin Head had sunniest day in October

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