After a cold but pleasantly dry weekend the country is facing a horrid week of rain, hail and the possibility of some thunder storms.
Weather chiefs have released their forecast for the week ahead and the outlook is unfortunately very grim.
And the only good news is that things won't take a turn for the worst until tomorrow with Met Eireann forecasting heavy showers of rain arriving tonight.
A forecaster said: "Tonight will start dry and rather chilly under clear spells, but cloud will soon thicken from the southwest with outbreaks of rain developing in Munster and west Connacht, before spreading to all areas overnight.
"A clearance will develop in the southwest before morning. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees."
Tuesday will start out damp and cloudy with outbreaks of rain gradually clearing northeastwards during the morning and early afternoon.
However Tuesday night is when the country will bear the brunt of the stormy weather with weather boffins predicting that there will be heavy prolonged showers with hail and isolated thunderstorms mainly set to affect the west and coastal southern counties.
Here's the full forecast for the rest of the week.
Wednesday: Cool and blustery day 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
Thursday: Wet and windy with spells of rain in all areas. The rain will be heaviest and most persistent in Atlantic coastal counties with spot flooding likely there. Milder than of late, with maximum temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees in fresh and gusty southwest winds, strong to near gale on southern and Atlantic coasts.
Cloudy, misty and humid on Thursday night, with rain continuing in many areas, although the rain will tend to be lighter and patchier in the east and north. Lows of 10 to 13 degrees generally, with moderate to fresh and gusty southwest winds. A little cooler in Ulster and north Connacht with lows of 7 to 9 degrees in light variable breezes.
Friday: Continuing mild with further spells of heavy rain moving in from the Atlantic bringing an ongoing risk of spot flooding. Winds will be moderate to fresh and gusty southerly in the south, light variable further north. Top temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees. Wet and windy conditions currently indicated for Friday night.
