Good news for shoppers as winds start easing off

GOOD news for Christmas shoppers.

The storm winds are easing off, although it will remain breezy and showery with lowest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly winds.

Tomorrow, Christmas Eve, will be mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

It will become blustery again during the day with fresh to strong southwest winds.

Temperatures will steadily rise throughout the day and will reach 12 or 13 degrees in the evening.

Becoming less windy tonight but still breezy and showery. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly winds.

Tomorrow, Christmas Eve, will be mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. It will become blustery again during the day with fresh to strong southwest winds. Temperatures will steadily rise throughout the day and will reach 12 or 13 degrees in the evening.

According to Met, Eireann, Christmas Day will start mild and breezy. It's looking rather cloudy with patchy rain about Atlantic coastal counties, but drier and brighter in the east and southeast during daylight hours.

However, rain will become widespread and persistent during the evening and early night. Highest temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees, but turning colder later in the afternoon and evening in fresh to strong southwesterly winds.

St. Stephens Day will be colder, though brighter with scattered showers in the west and north. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees in moderate westerly breezes.

Thereafter it looks like high pressure will become dominant with a lot of dry and bright weather as a result. Frost will occur at night initially, but with ongoing southerly breezes it is likely to become milder as the week goes on.