Met Eireann has issued a chaotic few days ahead as heavy rain, flooding, sleet, and snow are set to hit.
A Status Yellow weather warning is currently in place for Kerry. The rain alert will be valid until 8pm tonight and it reads: "Spells of heavy rain leading to spot flooding."
Temperatures will be milder than average for a couple of days before plummeting to freezing towards the end of the week. The weekend, especially, will be cold with showers turning into sleet and snow on higher grounds.
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Dublin will also be gripped by wet and windy weather today with spells of heavy rain bringing the risk of flooding. Daytime temperatures will be around 11 or 12 degrees.
The winds will continue into the night with frequent showers and temperatures hitting the lows of 8 or 9 degrees. However, the showers will become scattered by the morning as winds start to ease.
Tomorrow will be breezy with sunny spells and scattered showers. The temperatures will be around 11 or 12 degrees.
There is no further forecast for Dublin but here is what Met Eireann's national outlook says:
Wednesday night
"Becoming largely dry with isolated showers for a time Wednesday night. Cloud and persistent rain will develop over southern counties towards morning. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees, in light southwesterly or variable breezes.
Thursday
"Thursday will be a wet day as rain becomes widespread and occasionally heavy. Highest temperatures ranging from 7 to 11 degrees with light southerly winds freshening from the southwest during the afternoon.
Thursday night
"Rain will clear eastwards early on Thursday night leaving a mostly clear calm night. Fog will develop as winds fall off and temperatures drop to between minus 1 and plus 1 degrees with frost in places.
Friday
"Mainly dry with fog slow to clear on Friday morning. In the afternoon southerly winds will increase moderate to fresh then cloud and rain will develop along western coasts, spreading eastwards during the evening. Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees. Friday night will be cold with frost in places.
Saturday
"Saturday will be mainly dry with showers on coasts, turning to sleet at times and with snow on higher ground. A cold day and windy day is likely and showers will become more widespread towards evening.
Sunday
"Current indications suggest Sunday will be cold and windy with showers of sleet and snow, frequent over the west and north and isolated in the east and south."
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