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Irish Mirror
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Cormac O'Shea

Exactly when Met Eireann forecast remnants of Hurricane Epsilon to blast Ireland as one area to be worst hit

The remnants of Hurricane Epsilon will arrive in Ireland in the next 24 hours with wet and windy weather forecast.

Hurricane Epsilon, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, will bring stormy conditions to Ireland on Tuesday night.

However, Met Eireann aren't expecting any major weather event with the front having weakened over the Atlantic.

The west of the country will be worst effected by the weather when it arrives late on Tuesday.

A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Low pressure will continue to drive the weather pattern this week maintaining broadly unsettled conditions. Cool and showery to begin the week; Milder and wetter later in the week.



"Showers, some heavy and prolonged, with hail and isolated thunderstorms, will continue to feed in off the Atlantic affecting mainly the western half of the country and coastal counties of the south on Tuesday night. 

"It will be drier elsewhere with clear spells. Lows of 4 to 7 degrees, in moderate to fresh and gusty southwest winds, strong to near gale on windward coasts."

Wednesday will be very wet again with thunderstorms hitting many parts of Ireland.

The Met Eireann forecaster added: "Cool and blustery day on Wednesday with sunny spells and showers. The showers, some of them heavy and prolonged, with hail and isolated thunderstorms, will affect mainly western parts of the country at first, but they will spread elsewhere during the afternoon. 

"Highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees in fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, strong to near gale on Atlantic coasts. Showers will retreat to Atlantic coastal counties and it will become dry in many areas for a time with clear spells early on Wednesday night. 

"Cloud will soon increase, however, and heavy rain will extend from the Atlantic to affect most parts by morning. Moderate southerly winds, increasing fresh to strong and gusty near western and southern coasts overnight. Minimum temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees."

No weather warnings been issued thus far - if the national forecaster does notify of warnings we will have the latest updates here.

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