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Orange Rain Warning for Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow, Ireland

Reported by Meteoalarm Ireland

An official Meteoalarm orange rain warning covers Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow from 01:00 to 07:00 UTC on October 23, 2026. The alert describes the severity as severe and the event as likely.

At a glance

  • Affected location: Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow, Ireland
Steaming forests This phenomenon is very noticeable in the autumnal circumstances here in the Wicklow Hills. Clearing rain clouds let in shafts of watery sunlight, and the huge surface area of wet pine needles of the forest bumps the humidity up locally as they start to dry. The hill in the right of shot is Carrigshouk; the whole is viewed from the R115 south of Sally Gap pass.
Illustrative image: Steaming forests This phenomenon is very noticeable in the autumnal circumstances here in the Wicklow Hills. Clearing rain clouds let in shafts of watery sunlight, and the huge surface area of wet pine needles of the forest bumps the humidity up locally as they start to dry. The hill in the right of shot is Carrigshouk; the whole is viewed from the R115 south of Sally Gap pass. — Jonathan Billinger/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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The warning identifies severe rain expected across three named areas of Ireland.

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Confidence
7/10
Geographic reach
3/10
Global importance
3/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Urgency
4/10

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