ALERT: Met Éireann's Irish weather forecast for next few days is in and it's DREADFUL!
Ah stop...spot flooding even possible in places!
Thursday: A wet and overcast start on Thursday with rain soon becoming widespread, and turning heavy at times.
Spot flooding is possible, especially in parts of Kerry and Cork early Thursday morning, with the heaviest rain expected to fall there.
Drier weather with scattered showers will develop in the southwest by afternoon and extend to most other areas by early evening. However, rain will linger in the northeast until nightfall.
Moderate to fresh and gusty southeasterly winds will veer westerly with the clearance and will ease later. Highest temperatures of 13 to 17 or 18 degrees.
National Outlook
Overview: Unsettled to end the week and over the weekend with rain and showers, heavy at times.
Thursday night: A mix of clear spells and showers, some of which may turn heavy. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in light to moderate southwest to west winds.
Friday: Showers will become widespread and heavy early on Friday, with a chance of isolated thunderstorms and hail. Highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees in light to moderate southwesterly winds.
Friday night: Showers will ease early in the night, leaving a good deal of dry weather for the east and north. However, a spell of rain will move into the south and west overnight. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in light to moderate westerly or variable winds, fresh in the southwest.
Saturday: Cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain, becoming heavy in some areas. Highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees in moderate westerly winds.
Sunday: Another day of sunny spells and showers, with some heavy showers possible. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees in a light to moderate northwest breeze.
Early next week: Current indications suggest showers will continue for the early days of next week, though longer dry spells may develop also.