Blustery showery day as Storm Eunice approaches

Today

Today will be a blustery day with bright spells and showers, some heavy and with hail. Highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees.

Tonight

Early tonight, rain and sleet will move in from the southwest and southeasterly winds will strengthen as Storm Eunice approaches.

After midnight rain and sleet will become widespread with falls of snow in places, especially in Connacht and Ulster.

It will become stormy overnight in Munster, southeast Leinster and western counties with extremely strong southwest winds, becoming northwesterly with severe and damaging gusts.

Risk of coastal flooding at high tide early on Friday morning. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees.

Tomorrow

On Friday morning, it will become very windy or stormy over all of Ireland with very strong northwesterly winds and severe and damaging gusts. There will be further falls of rain, sleet and snow.

Disruption to travel can be expected. Through the afternoon, winds will gradually ease and it will be cold with wintry showers of rain, hail and sleet.

Afternoon temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees.