It's been a wild and wet week for Cork, with storms, downpours and enough weather warnings to last a lifetime - but now, the latest forecasts shows things are looking up for the start of 2024.
As New Year's weekend draws to a close, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick are the only counties under a Status Yellow Wind warning as result of the recently-named Storm Geraldine. The alert started at 11 pm last night and will run until 5pm this evening.
The national forecaster is warning of downpours, dangerous travel conditions and possible flying debris, and asks that all motorists exercise caution if travelling far for tonight's celebrations.
This news comes after weather experts issued a tornado alert for Munster on Saturday - but it looks like we're in the clear now as the highest-risk hours passed without incident.
We'll be seeing showers in many parts of Cork today, but the good news is the worst of the weather should wrap up by 7pm this evening - giving Rebels a fine window to head out and about for New Year's parties.
Things aren't looking good for the first day of 2024, with current forecasts showing heavy showers throughout Monday - but after that, we can expect a pleasant change as things start to brighten up a bit.
We should see next year's first sunny spells on Tuesday afternoon, followed by more bouts of sunshine throughout Wednesday and Thursday.
While Friday's looking a bit overcast at the moment, the current long-range forecast shows things should brighten up again on Saturday.
The mercury will drop to 3C tonight and temp will hover between 10C and 7C for most of the week, with things getting a bit nippier towards the weekend as winter gets into full swing.
You can see the full forecast for Munster below:
TodayVery unsettled this morning with some bright spells, scattered showers and blustery winds. The showers will be heavy and thundery for a time with the chance of hail too. Fresh to strong and gusty westerly winds and highest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees.
TonightThe showers will gradually clear away later this afternoon and evening with some long clear spells developing. The fresh to strong westerly winds will slowly ease overnight too with temperatures dropping down to 1 to 3 degrees.
TomorrowCloudy with showers at first but they will clear away in the afternoon with some limited sunny spells. Rain arrives later however turning heavy at times too. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees in a freshening southwesterly breeze.
National OutlookMonday Night: Cloudy with rain over southern counties at first, gradually spreading north through the night. The rain will be heavy at times accompanied with blustery winds. Lowest temperature of around 2 to 5 degrees.
Tuesday: A rather unsettled day and cloudy day with scattered showers and blustery winds. Some isolated sunny spells will develop across eastern counties however. Highs of 7 to 10 degrees in a freshening southwest breeze.
Tuesday Night: Staying rather cloudy then through the night with the showers becoming confined to western and northern counties. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees in a moderate westerly breeze.
Wednesday: A mix of cloud and some sunny spells then for Wednesday but some showers will move into western and northern counties during the morning and afternoon. Staying mostly dry across Leinster and east Munster with highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in a moderate westerly breeze.
Wednesday Night: Scattered cloud and long clear spells later in the evening but a few showers will persist along Atlantic coastal counties. Staying mostly dry overnight then across much of the south and east. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees.
Thursday: Looking ahead to Thursday and current model indications are for the unsettled weather to continue with a mix of cloud and showers for most counties. The best of the dry weather looks again to be in the east. Highs of around 4 to 8 degrees in a westerly breeze.
