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A status yellow weather advisory has been issued for heavy rain, thunderstorms, and flooding risks affecting the Electric Picnic festival in County Laois from early Sunday morning until Monday. The forecast predicts widespread downpours and gusty winds, creating challenging conditions for campers and attendees.
The alert is set to take effect from 3am on Sunday to the same time on Monday. It warns that"heavy showers or longer spells of rain" will become widespread from the southwest on Saturday night and during Sunday.
"Some localised torrential downpours will occur with the potential for thunderstorms, lightning and associated gusty winds," the weather advisory adds. Weather conditions have already been far from ideal for camping and outdoor gigs, as evident by reports from attendees posted on social media. Given the new advisory, it doesn't sound like the rest of the weekend will be much better for those camping at Electric Picnic.
It will be a wet start this afternoon for many with rain, drizzle and some mist. The rain will be very heavy and persistent at times with the chance of localised flooding. Drier conditions in the west will gradually extend eastwards through the day, though the rain may linger in parts of Leinster and Ulster until evening. Following the clearance, there will be some sunny spells, but also some scattered showers, possibly heavy or thundery.
It will start mostly dry tonight with a mix of cloud and clear spells and just isolated showers. However, as the night progresses, scattered showers or more persistent spells of rain will spread from the southwest, and some of these will be very heavy or thundery. Some mist and fog patches too. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees, with mostly light southerly winds, freshening in the southwest towards morning.
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