Live Updates:
*A Ryanair flight from Valencia, Spain diverted to Shannon because of high wings at Cork Airport. The passengers are expected to transported to Cork by road.
*Despite operations at Kerry and Cork airport have been disrupted as a result of the high winds with some being diverted to other airports, services at Shannon have not been affected.
Two Aer Lingus will operate slightly later than usual. The EI-111 to New York and EI-135 to Boston are expected to depart at 3.00pm and 3.00pm respectively.
*There are reports of debris on roads across the county. Fallen trees of branches could make driving conditions hazardous.
Debris has been reported in the R471 road in Shannon.
Met Éireann has issue a Status Yellow wind warning for much of the country including Clare as Storm Agnes approaches Ireland.
The warning came into effect at 7.00am today (Wednesday) and will remain in place until midnight.
The weather service says it will become very windy on Wednesday with very strong and gusty southerly winds, veering westerly later on.
Potential impacts of the wind conditions include:
• Coastal flooding
• Difficult travel conditions
• Power outages
• Some fallen trees
Met Éireann has advised that further updates to this warning will follow.
The counties for which the Status Yellow warning has been issued include Carlow, Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow
forecast for Wednesday
Very wet and very windy with strong to gale force southeast winds, veering westerly later in the day. Becoming stormy for a time with the potential for severe and damaging gusts. Strong onshore winds and high seas will bring the risk of coastal flooding. Heavy rain will clear northeastwards in the afternoon followed by showers through the evening. Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees.
Staying windy for a time tonight with strong and gusty westerly winds gradually easing as Storm Agnes clears towards Scotland. Showers will also ease early in the night with some clear spells developing. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees.
A Status Orange rain warning has already been issued for Cork and Kerry while several other counties are under Status Yellow alert both of which could be extended to Clare.
Meanwhile, a Status Yellow gale warning has been issued for all coasts of Ireland including Clare.
On Wednesday, Southeast winds, later veering westerly will increase to gale force 8 or strong gale force 9 on all Irish coastal waters and on the Irish Sea.
