{"id":687648,"date":"2026-01-10T22:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687648\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T22:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:29:25","slug":"rain-warning-comes-into-effect-with-wind-warning-also-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/687648\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain warning comes into effect with wind warning also issued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barra BestSenior weather presenter, BBC News NI<\/p>\n

\"GettyGetty Images<\/p>\n

The Met Office yellow alert for rain lasts from 21:00 GMT on Saturday until 21:00 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A rain warning has come into effect across Northern Ireland as the recent cold spell<\/a> comes to an end.<\/p>\n

The Met Office yellow alert lasts from 21:00 GMT on Saturday until 21:00 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A yellow warning for strong winds has also been issued for Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone, lasting from midnight on Saturday until 21:00 GMT on Sunday. A further wind warning then comes into force for Antrim, Derry, and Tyrone from 21:00 on Sunday until noon on Monday.<\/p>\n

The weather will spread from the west on Saturday night with a drier spell likely for a time on Sunday morning, before further heavy rain moves through later in the day.<\/p>\n

\"BBCBBC Weather Watcher Fernisky<\/p>\n

The sun shines bright against a snowy backdrop in Kells, County Antrim<\/p>\n

It is thought 20-30 mm of rain could build quite quickly during this period, with 40-60mm possible over higher ground.<\/p>\n

It will also turn much milder, leading to the melting of snow and therefore increasing the potential of flooding impacts in some places.<\/p>\n

The rain will be coupled by strong winds, with gales likely around coastal and exposed areas, especially from Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Strong south to southwesterly winds will affect Northern Ireland with gusts between 45-60mph (70 – 100km\/h) expected widely.<\/p>\n

Stronger gusts can be expected at times around the coast and over higher ground and especially on Sunday night where there is a risk of gusts reaching 80mph (130km\/h) in more exposed coastal areas.<\/p>\n

The Met Office has warned that the strength of the wind is likely to exacerbate impacts from heavy rain.<\/p>\n

Belfast City Council has issued a reminder that sandbags are available<\/a> if people think their homes are at immediate risk of flooding.<\/p>\n

Wind warnings for Irish coastline<\/p>\n

In the Republic of Ireland, wind warnings have been issued around the entire coastline on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Irish Weather service, Met \u00c9ireann, has warned that it will be very windy with strong and gusty southwesterly winds.<\/p>\n

This could lead to large coastal waves, some fallen trees, and travel disruption.<\/p>\n

Coldest night this winter<\/p>\n

\"JohnJohn O’Neill<\/p>\n

So-called ice pancakes were spotted on the Ballinderry River in County Tyrone<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland had its coldest night of winter, so far, on Friday night, when temperatures fell to -7C.<\/p>\n

It was recorded at the weather station at Katesbridge in County Down, which often reports the lowest temperature across the island.<\/p>\n

The hamlet sits in a frost hollow where, in the winter, cold air builds up to allow it to become so cold.<\/p>\n

In County Tyrone, rare “ice pancakes” were spotted on the Edenderry River on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

They are caused by the freezing of foam floating on a river’s surface.<\/p>\n

\"MariaMaria McSorley<\/p>\n

Deer were spotted “skating” in Gortin Glen Forest Park, County Tyrone, on Saturday morning <\/p>\n

‘A pure sheet of black ice’ <\/p>\n

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor Mark Robinson said the roads in the Clogher Valley area were like “a pure sheet of black ice” on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

“It seems like it has rained first, it froze, then it rained, and it froze again”.<\/p>\n

“I was speaking to a lady this morning and she hasn’t seen the roads that bad in 60 years,” he added.<\/p>\n

He said several local carers likened the roads to a “bottle” when they were out doing their visits on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

\"BBCBBC Weather Watcher Becka<\/p>\n

Frost covers the grass, at sunrise at Ballynoe in County Down<\/p>\n

What is the coldest it’s been in Northern Ireland?<\/p>\n

The lowest temperature ever recorded in NI was -18.7C at Castlederg in Tyrone during the big freeze of December 2010.<\/p>\n

The lowest temperature ever recorded on the island of Ireland was -19.1C at Markree in Sligo in January 1881.<\/p>\n

When does winter end?<\/p>\n

The answer is simple.<\/p>\n

It depends on which calendar you follow – ancient Celtic or Irish, meteorological, or astronomical.<\/p>\n

The ancient Celtic calendar, also known as the Gaelic or Irish calendar, dates back centuries and is still followed by many in Ireland today.<\/p>\n

It marks the winter season in November, December and January, with spring starting on 1 February – or St Brigid’s Day.<\/p>\n

The meteorological calendar is also grouped into three full months but the seasons begin a month later with December, January and February making up the winter season.<\/p>\n

However, the astronomical calendar seasons are defined by two solstices and two equinoxes.<\/p>\n

These are determined by Earth’s tilt and the sun’s position over the equator.<\/p>\n

The winter season starts on the winter solstice, around 21 December, and ends on the spring equinox, around 20 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barra BestSenior weather presenter, BBC News NI Getty Images The Met Office yellow alert for rain lasts from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-687648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115873171069677275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}