Status Orange: Met Éireann issue two weather warnings for today

At this stage we know better than to expect prolonged periods of sunshine in this country, and yet any reports that suggest we're in for bad weather always tend to come as a bit of a blow, right?

Considering this, we're feeling fairly blue over the two weather warnings issued by Met Éireann this week.

According to their Twitter account, the country is in for periods of heavy and widespread rain with strong winds and extensive mist.

Overcast & misty, widespread rain. Rain hvy. in many areas & strong SE winds & extensive hill mist. Mild. Lows 8 to 11C.

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) May 14, 2017

 

Overcast, outbreaks of rain, hvy. at times, esp. in S. with hill mist. Dry spells too. Fresh/strong S winds. Mild. Highs 16 to 19C.

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) May 15, 2017

"The rain will be heavy at times, especially across southern counties and will be accompanied by hill and coastal mist," read their official forecast.

Further to this pretty grim assessment, forecasters have issued a yellow and orange weather warning.

But the one silver lining (if you look really, really hard) is that, thankfully, temperatures aren't set to dip too low, with highs between 15 and 19 degrees.