The entire country has been placed on yellow alert as violent winds are set to arrive on Irish shores today.
Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for every county with violent gusts set to his speeds of 100km/h throughout the day.
Announcing the warnings a forecaster said it will become very windy from Wednesday afternoon through until Thursday morning.
They added: "Southwest winds, veering westerly will gust 90 to 110km/h generally, higher at times on hills and coasts in the south and west with a risk of some wave overtopping."
The warning takes effect 12pm today and will be in place until 7am on Thursday morning.
The violent winds are set to die down on Thursday, weather experts have warned that the weekend will bring even grimmer conditions with heavy rain and some wintry showers expected.
Meteorologist Paul Downes said: "Further wet and very windy weather is expected on Wednesday as a deep low-pressure system tracks to the northwest of Ireland – bringing very strong south-westerly winds and spells of heavy rain through Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night.”
“During the early hours of Thursday this low-pressure system will clear away from Ireland, introducing a colder and more unstable airmass. However, it will remain very windy into the weekend along with blustery showers, these possibly turning wintry over high ground.”
Friday is oddly set to bring a mix of sunny spells in a welcome change but there will still be some heavy blustery showers, with the risk of hail and thunder.
It will be cold on Friday night with lows of 1 or 2 degrees bringing a patchy frost.
Saturday will cool and blustery with scattered heavy showers, again with hail. Some of the showers will turn wintry over high ground.
Highs of only 5 to 7 degrees and feeling colder in a brisk northwesterly breeze. Cold again on Saturday night with lows of 1 to 3 degrees.
