Met Eireann has forecast a miserable week of wet, windy and cold conditions.
Winter has well and truly landed as the weather is set to be very unsettled and cold this week. Monday is forecast to start off windy and rainy before clearing this evening.
However, tonight will be very cold with the mercury dropping close to freezing. The unsettled weather is set to continue into the weekend.
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Today's Met Eireann forecast reads: "Windy at first this morning with fresh to strong and gusty southwest to west winds, slowly easing through the rest of the morning and early afternoon. Any lingering isolated showers will also clear away, becoming mainly dry with good sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 14 or 15 degrees."
Meanwhile, tonight forecast reads: "Dry, cold and mostly clear tonight with lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees. Some mist and fog patches will form in light southeasterly or variable breezes."
The rest of this week's forecast reads:
Tomorrow
Dry and sunny tomorrow with the sunshine turning hazier later in the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees in mostly light to moderate easterly breezes. on Tuesday night, outbreaks of rain in the southwest with heavy falls in places, will extend northeastwards overnight though much of Ulster and north Leinster will stay dry till morning.
Lowest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees generally in moderate to fresh easterly winds, milder though in southern and southwestern parts.
Wednesday
A wet and cloudy day with widespread outbreaks of rain, heaviest and most persistent in the south and southwest with localised flooding possible. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees generally, reaching up to 15 or 16 degrees in parts of the south and southwest. Easterly winds will be mostly fresh and gusty.
A mild night as the rain pushes northeastwards with a clearance from the southwest to drier and clear conditions following later. Temperatures won't fall below 9 to 12 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty east to southeast winds.
Thursday
Becoming largely dry with sunny spells as the last of the overnight rain clears the northeast and east. There will be some patchy rain and drizzle, mainly over the southern half of the country. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees with freshening southeast winds.
Thursday night is set to consist of outbreaks of rain in the southeast early in the night and will extend northwards overnight though much of Ulster will stay dry till morning. Another mild night with temperatures not falling below 10 to 13 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southeast winds.
Friday
Widespread outbreaks of showery rain will continue to extend northwards with a clearance to sunny spells moving into the south later in the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees generally.
The Weekend
Continuing unsettled through the weekend with highest temperatures remaining in the mid-teens.
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