Gale-force winds, lashing rain, ground frost and even the possibility of snow are forecast for this week as October switches from an Indian summer to an early winter, writes.
We have had one of the mildest Octobers on record, but that is about to change.
Met Éireann forecaster Pat Clarke described the changes, which will be apparent from this morning, as “shocking” given the extraordinarily warm temperatures of recent weeks. “It is going to be a lot colder, a lot windier and a lot more unsettled,” he warned.
