The drama is set to continue with Munster's weather as another named storm starts to have a major effect on conditions over the coming 72-hours - and this time, it's a major swing from winter into something else.
Just days after Storm Bert pummelled Cork and Munster, with crews still restoring water supplies in parts of West Cork, Storm Conell will not be as dramatic, but will still bring major change. Parts of Cork will see a daytime 'highs' today as low as 4C as very cold conditions persist.
But by tomorrow, most parts will be in the low teens, with the possibility of 14C in some parts of Munster. And that is a big swing by any estimation, as much as 10C in 24-hours as we get bizarrely warm weather for the last days of November.
Storm Conall, officially named by the Dutch Met Service, is tracking close to Ireland, bringing with it a “deepening low pressure” system. While the storm will not directly impact Ireland, its effects are already being felt across the UK and the Netherlands.
A UK Met Office spokesperson explained: "Storm Conall has been named by the Dutch Weather Service, @KNMI . This area of low pressure brings rain to southern Britain Tuesday night, and deepens further after crossing the UK to bring strong winds across the Netherlands later on Wednesday and into Thursday."
The storm has already passed south of Ireland and brought heavy rainfall to the UK overnight. It's currently continuing its journey eastward and is expected to bring strong and potentially disruptive winds to the Netherlands today and tomorrow."
But what it is also doing is drawing warm weather from the south west, where Spain and Portugal are seeing a very warm period with temps in the mid-to-high twenties. And Munster can expect unusually warm, breezy and wet weather right through to the weekend.
The full forecast from Met Eireann for Munster - latest:
TODAY - Wednesday 27th November
A cold and frosty start with any patches of fog clearing to leave a mostly dry day with spells of sunshine. Highs of just 4 to 7 degrees with mostly light winds.
TONIGHT
Cold again tonight with widespread frost and some icy patches early on. Fog is likely to form also. Lowest temperatures of -3 to zero degrees generally but turning less cold overnight with frost clearing and rain pushing in from the south by the end of the night.
TOMORROW - Thursday 28th November
Cloudy and damp with outbreaks of rain and drizzle expected. Milder with highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees with fresh and gusty southeast winds.
National Outlook
Overview: Rather unsettled with rain at times.
Thursday night: Breezy on Thursday night with outbreaks of rain and drizzle across the western half of the country with some heavy falls. It looks set to stay largely dry further east apart from the odd spot of rain or drizzle. A mild night with lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees in fresh and gusty southerly winds.
Friday: It looks set to be a cloudy and rather damp day on Friday with outbreaks of rain pushing northwards over the country. A clearance to scattered showers will follow from the Atlantic to southern and western counties during the evening. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in fresh and gusty southerly winds. Mostly cloudy on Friday night with a few patches of rain, drizzle and mist but overall plenty of dry weather. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees in moderate to fresh southerly winds.
Saturday: Breezy on Saturday with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle. More persistent rain will develop in Atlantic coastal counties during Saturday afternoon. A mild day with highest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees in fresh and gusty southerly winds. Further outbreaks of rain on Saturday night, turning heavy in places with the chance of spot flooding. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees in moderate southwest winds.
Sunday: Outbreaks of rain across the eastern half of the country early on Sunday with a clearance to sunny spells and showers developing in the west. Sunny spells and scattered showers will extend to all areas during the course of the afternoon. Maximum afternoon temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in moderate southwest to west winds.
