Washout weather wise for Halloween

Weather update from Met Éireann

It's set to be a wet Halloween but heavy rain forecast for today (Monday) and a Status Yellow rainfall warning in place for the entire country.

The weather warning came into effect at 6am this morning and will remain in place until midnight.

Met Éireann has warned of localised flooding and some disruption.

The outlook for the coming days is for unsettled conditions with spells of wet and blustery, or windy weather, there will be a continued risk of flooding after a wet couple of weeks. Temperatures will fall back closer to average, noticeably cooler at night, however frost is not anticipated.

Showers or longer spells of rain in the south and west will become fairly widespread this morning with some heavy falls, especially over Munster and south Leinster with flooding and some disruption likely. Drier, brighter weather will develop in western areas during the afternoon but rain will only slowly clear eastwards through the evening. Highest temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees, mildest early in the east, with moderate to fresh southerly winds easing through the day.

Rain in eastern counties will clear east early tonight, followed by clear spells and a scattering of showers. It will be colder than recent nights, as temperatures drop to between 4 and 8 degrees. Some mist and fog patches in parts also with light to moderate southerly winds veering southwesterly by morning.

Sunny spells on Tuesday morning with some scattered blustery showers, mostly in the northwest. The showers will become more widespread through the late afternoon and evening hours. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees in mostly moderate southwest to west winds.

Mostly dry and clear on Tuesday night with just a few isolated showers mostly near Atlantic coasts. Cloud will increase as the night goes on with outbreaks of rain reaching the west coast by Wednesday morning. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees, while light to moderate southwest winds gradually backing southerly and freshening by morning.

It will be a wet and potentially very windy start to Wednesday however the rain will clear to sunny spells and scattered blustery showers by afternoon, with the showers mostly becoming confined to western coasts by evening. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in fresh to near gale and very gusty southwest winds.

While it will be dry and mostly clear Wednesday night in the east, showers will continue to affect western coasts, pushing in over the western half of the country by morning. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees, while southwest winds will moderate towards morning.

Thursday will see showery outbreaks of rain, while pushing in to the midlands, will ease through the day. Parts of the east may remain dry, with good sunny spells developing across much of the country by evening. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees, while winds will veer westerly easing light to moderate by evening.

Some scattered showers may drift into the northwest overnight on Thursday, but overall it will be dry with long clear spells and lowest temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees in light to moderate westerly winds.

Friday is expected mostly dry and bright through the morning, but cloud will increase with rain pushing in from the southwest through the afternoon. Winds will also back southerly through the afternoon and freshen through the evening. Highest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees.

Further Outlook: Current indications suggest that after a wet Friday night, Saturday will be a showery day, and while showers look to continue on Sunday but it could get quite windy too.