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Three weather warnings issued for the early hours as Storm Imogen hits

A status orange wind warning has been issued for Cork and Kerry.

THREE SEPARATE WEATHER warnings have been issued for the early hours of tomorrow morning.

A status yellow alert weather advisory has been issued for the entire country.

Met Eireann says, “An Atlantic depression will track eastwards and bring storm force winds to southwest and southern coasts of Ireland on Sunday night and Monday morning. Consequently this feature will be called Storm Imogen.”

Extreme waves are forecast along the southwest and west coast during this period with wave heights of between 12 and 15m possible.

The warning will come onto force just after midnight and will remain in place until 12 noon.

Meanwhile, two wind warnings have also been issued.

A status orange wind warning will be in place for Cork and Kerry from 2am tomorrow until 9am. Westerly winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 75 kilometres per hour with gusts of 100 to 120 kilometres per hour.

And a status yellow wind alert for Clare, Limerick and Waterford will come into place over the same time period.

Westerly winds will reach mean speeds of 55 to 65 kilometres per hour with gusts of 90 to 100 kilometres per hour.

Read: What causes this beautiful phenomenon seen around Ireland this week?>

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