Dublin weather: forecast similar to winter as Met Eireann warns of ‘cyclonic’ conditions for Ireland

The weather news we feared so much is finally here.

Nighttime temperatures are set to take a wicked winter turn this week, as the Mercury drops almost to zero.

Friday night you will see the dial go down to 2 ° C and on Saturday night it will hit 1 ° C with frost in some places.

And while Thursday will be a cool and stormy day with occasional rain and some heavy gusts, Met Eireann also forecasts “variable cyclonic winds” to hit the country.

But that’s a problem with a few days left because today will be cool with cloudy and sunny spells.

It will stay mostly dry with isolated rains and temperatures of 13 ° C that will drop to 7 ° C overnight with some strong gusts as well.

Here’s what the long-term forecast looks like:

morning : “Thursday will be a cool and stormy day with occasional rain and some heavy gusts in places. Higher temperatures of 12-13 degrees, in moderate to cool cyclonic variable winds, turn north at dusk.”

Thursday night : “It becomes clearer inland with rainfall mainly limited to the coasts. Lower temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees with moderate to cool winds from north to northwest.”

Friday : “Cool and windy, with sunny spells and scattered showers, mainly over Ulster. Clouds will increase from the southwest during the afternoon. Higher temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees, with moderate to cool winds from the northwest.”

Friday night : “Mainly dry with best of clear periods in the Northeast, cloudier in the Southwest with some rain or drizzle possible along the Southwest coasts overnight. Cloudier conditions in the Southwest will keep temperatures cooler. lows of 5-8 degrees here, however, will drop to 2-5 degrees elsewhere with a risk of frost forming on the grass with light or variable breezes from the north. ”

Saturday : “Mainly dry, with good periods of sun and light or variable north winds. Maximum temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees”.

Saturday night : “Cold overnight, with lows of only 1 to 5 degrees with the risk of frost forming on the lawn, however, clouds will increase from the west overnight, and rain will approach the southwest coast for the morning as the winds return from the south to the southeast. ”

Sunday : “Rain or squalls in the southwest will subside during the morning, while it will remain mostly dry elsewhere. It will become a little milder, with the highest temperature 12-16 degrees, warmer over Munster, with winds from the south moderate “.

Sunday night : “A combination of clear periods and scattered showers or longer periods of rain, mainly in the south and east, with mainly light and variable breezes. However, it remains milder in general with lows of 10 to 12 degrees, which which increases the risk of fog and fog patches forming by falling 7 to 9 degrees in Ulster and northern Connacht with the best of clear spells. ”

Monday : “Showers clearing the east coast in the morning to leave a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers with mostly light breezes from the northwest. Highs 12-16 degrees.”