The latest forecast from Met Eireann shows brutal conditions across the board for Ireland with gale-force winds, heavy rain and a sharp drop in temperature.
Today will be a breezy morning with fresh to strong gusty west to southwest breezes, strongest along the Atlantic coasts and especially in the northwest.
Cloud clearings and widespread showers are also expected, sometimes even intense with possible hailstorms and isolated thunderstorms.
There is also a chance of sleet in the north, but these showers and winds will lessen during the day and good dry spells will develop.
Afternoon highs will be between 5 and 9 degrees
Heading into Sunday (New Year’s Day), “there is a good deal uncertainty in the forecast for New Year’s Day but indications are that rain in the southwest will gradually extend across the country, falling as sleet in places with snow on high ground. “Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees generally, milder along southern coasts. Gradually becoming drier overnight but remaining cold with lowest temperatures of -3 to +1 degrees”.” according to the Irish forecasters, reports The Mirror.
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