Ireland weather: Met Éireann warn of gale force winds and wintery showers as Storm Éowyn approaches

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Storm Éowyn is making its way towards Ireland and is projected to land closer to the weekend, but how bad will the weather be?

Éowyn is forecast to be a deep low-pressure system which will arrive in the northwest of Ireland, introducing strong southeasterly winds which will veer west to south-westerly and intensify through Friday morning, according to Met Éireann.

This means spells of heavy rain will develop across the country, and sleet and snow will fall in some parts of west and north.

Western and northwestern counties are likely to see status orange wind warnings as a minimum, with exact weather warnings due to be announced closer to the date the storm lands.

However, Met Éireann say dangerous travelling conditions, displaced objects, fallen trees, power outages, flooding and poor visibility in sleet and snow are expected.

However, the weather isn't set to turn until Thursday. Tonight it will be generally dry and calm with a few isolated showers. It will be cold, with mist and fog developing into some dense pockets. Frost and icy patches will develop in places where skies remain clear. Lowest temperatures of will be between -2 to 2 degrees.

On Wednesday, the mist and fog will clear in the morning, but may linger across eastern and northern areas for a time. Most areas will be dry with sunny spells and well scattered showers. It will remain cool with highest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees.

Wednesday night will see clear spells and well scattered showers. It will start to get cloudy in the west which will spread and produce showery outbreaks of rain. Lowest temperatures will be between 2 to 5 degrees.

Thursday morning will start off wet and rain will develop over the whole country. The rain will clear to scattered showers and sunny spells in the afternoon, but a chance of hail remains. The showers will lesson as the evening continues, with cloud building from the southwest.

Met Éireann say their current indications suggest that it will turn wet and windy on Thursday night as Storm Éowyn lands. Southerly winds will become very strong and gusty as rain spreads from the southwest, becoming widespread overnight. The rain, which will be very heavy could turn to sleet or snow in some places.

It will also be cold on Thursday night, with lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees, but as the night progresses temperatures will start turning very mild from the south.

Friday is expected to be a very windy day with almost gale force westerly winds developing across the country. The rain will clear to sunshine and showers through the day, some of which may turn wintry. Highest afternoon temperatures will be between 7 to 10 degrees.

Further wintry showers are possible on Friday night, mainly in the north and west of the country. Drier and clearer conditions are expected in the east. further east. Lowest temperatures will be between 0 to 3 degrees.

Next weekend will continue to be very unsettled at the weekend with strong winds and the potential for further heavy rainfall.