If you have plans to hit the tiles to be celebrate the New Year, it is advisable to bring your jacket as rain is likely.
Met Eireann has forecast a rainy New Year's Eve before weather conditions turn freezing again the day after. Meanwhile, today will be wet and blustery.
Temperatures will hit highs of 10 degrees today and lows of four degrees tonight. New Year's Eve will drop to los of 1 degrees before it the mercury drops to -3 degrees.
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Met Eireann's forecast reads:
Today
Wet and windy this morning with fresh to strong and very gusty southwesterly winds. Showery outbreaks of rain at first, with heavy falls and localised flooding, clearing eastwards leaving sunny spells and scattered showers for the afternoon.
While there will be a brief lull in the winds, they will increase fresh to strong and gusty for the afternoon, easing again into the evening. Highest temperatures of 9 or 10 degrees.
Tonight
Largely dry at first tonight with a few showers. Showers will become more widespread through the night with longer spells of rain. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 6 degrees in mostly light to moderate southerly winds.
New Year's Eve
A mix of cloud and sunny spells for much of tomorrow along with a few showers. Through the evening, showery outbreaks of rain will extend from the south. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees in mostly light variable breezes.
New Year's Eve Night
Showery outbreaks of rain will continue to track northwards, with some falls of sleet possible, especially on high ground. Further showers will follow in the clearance, mainly affecting southern and western coastal areas.
Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees with frost developing in the north. Southerly winds will be mostly light to moderate, allowing some mist and fog patches to develop, but fresher along southern coasts.
Sunday (New Year's Day)
Current indications are that there will be a mix of cloud and sunny spells along with showers, some turning wintry. There will also be the chance of isolated thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees.
Sunday Night
A very cold night with lowest temperatures of -3 to 0 degrees. Becoming largely dry and clear as showers become more isolated. Moderate westerly winds will back southwesterly and ease light with fog patches developing.
Monday
A cool and largely dry with good deals of sunshine and just a few passing light showers, mainly affecting southern and Atlantic coasts. Highest temperatures of just 2 to 6 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds, freshening in the west and southwest later.
Dry early on in the night but outbreaks of rain and drizzle extend northeastwards to most areas by morning. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +4 degrees, coldest in the north and east before the rain arrives.
Tuesday
A largely dull day with outbreaks of rain clearing eastwards from most areas by early afternoon before another spell of rain moves eastwards across the country through the late afternoon and evening. Turning milder as well with highest temperatures of 6 to 11 degrees (north to southwest).
Further Outlook
Current indications suggest that the rest of the week will be unsettled with spells of rain and showers.
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