Put the heating on: Met Éireann warns public of miserable conditions on the way

Jumpers and hot cocoa at the ready!

It's time to take your winter coat out of storage because the colder weather has officially landed in Ireland. Met Éireann is warning the public of miserable conditions which have been forecast for the week ahead. If like us, you've been considering putting the heating on then it's time to bid a fond farewell to summer. Temperatures are set to drop with colder, chilly nights predicted. Met Éireann believes temperatures will fall between 4 and 7C. Unsettled weather including thunderstorms, torrential rain, and gale-force winds have also been forecasted. The west and north will be affected the most. Met Éireann said the weather will be "generally cool and quite unsettled through the rest of the week with rain and showers." The worst of the weather is set to hit on Wednesday night. "Becoming a wet and blustery night as rain along with fresh and gusty southerly winds, strong to near gale force on exposed coasts, extending eastwards through the night. The rain will be heavy at times." All is not lost though. Friday is set to be a slightly better day with sunny spells forecasted between the rain. Scattered showers will continue but temperatures could reach 14C.