ALERT: Met Éireann's Irish weather predictions for weekend before Christmas
Irish weather forecast for weekend before Christmas is not good!
Turning rather wet and windy on Tuesday.
After a largely dry start across Ulster and Leinster, outbreaks of rain and drizzle will extend countrywide.
The rain will turn heavy in places during the afternoon, especially across southern areas.
It will become quite windy too, with fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds. Relatively mild and humid with highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.
Overview: Continuing unsettled with spells of rain and blustery winds at times.
Tuesday night: The rain will become patchy overnight, clearing eastwards with scattered showers following. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees with fresh to strong southwesterly winds veering westerly.
Wednesday: It'll start out fairly dry on Wednesday morning with just showers around before a spell of rain will spread across the southern half of the country in the afternoon.
Most of Connacht and Ulster will avoid the rain altogether with just showers feeding in at times.
Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees early in the afternoon with light to moderate west to northwest winds.
Wednesday night: The rain will clear eastwards early on and scattered showers will follow from the west in light to moderate northwesterly winds. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees
Thursday: A cold, bright fresh day with sunny spells and showers, some heavy and of hail.
Highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees but feeling cooler in a moderate, gusty northwesterly wind.
Thursday night: The showers will continue in western and northern areas overnight and winds will ease.
It will be cold with lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees in west to southwest winds
Friday: It will start out bright with sunny spells and a few showers Friday morning before rain moves southeastwards across the country in the afternoon.
Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in a moderate to fresh southwest wind veering westerly and easing light to moderate as the rain clears.
The weekend: Current indications suggest it will remain unsettled for the weekend with further spells of rain, showers and strong winds at times.
Temperatures will fluctuate a little too, but will be generally close to average.