Met Eireann are continuing to monitor Hurricane Epsilon ahead of the storm's remnants hitting Ireland next week.
The weather forecaster today shared the latest progress of the now Hurricane which would impact Ireland by next Monday or Tuesday.
Sharing a picture from NASA of the Hurricane the weather chiefs tweeted: "Courtesy of Nasa. Suomi polar orbiting satellite. Close up of the Epilson's eye as it rapidly deepened to a Cat 3 hurricane yesterday evening."
Forecaster Liz Walsh added: "Hurricane Epsilon rapidly intensified to a category 3 Hurricane last night (Irish Time) over the central Atlantic, southeast of Bermuda.
"It has since dropped in intensity and is currently analysed as a category 2 hurricane by the National Hurricane Center.
"Tropical storm conditions are still expected on Bermuda today. A gradual decrease in intensity is expected as the system starts to move over colder waters and encounters strong winds aloft. Epsilon is still forecasted to curve north-eastwards to the east of Bermuda over the coming days.
"It is still unclear how exactly Epsilon will impact weather conditions in Ireland but the timeline remains the same - early next week around Tuesday/Wednesday.
"Met Éireann meteorologists will continue to monitor the system closely as it goes through extra-tropical transition over the next number of days."
In the more immediate future, further wet and windy weather is expected to bash Ireland this weekend.
Status Yellow Wind and Rain warnings have now been issued for this system.
A status yellow rain warning has been issued for Galway and Mayo valid from 9pm Friday to 9am on Saturday.
A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Clare and Kerry valid from 10pm Friday to 7am Saturday.
A status yellow wind warning has also been issued for Cork, Waterford and Wexford valid from midnight to 11am on Saturday.
