MET ÉIREANN’S ISSUED a ‘status orange’ alert for tomorrow, with winds of up to 80 km per hour, and gusts of up to 120 km, forecast for the West and North West.

The affected counties are Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.

The wet and windy weather is set to sweep in from the Atlantic tomorrow afternoon, with “some severe gusts” expected near northern and western coasts before nightfall, according to the weather service. The rain will then clear eastwards.

Tomorrow will still be pretty mild amid all that rain, but temperatures are set to drop back again by Thursday: temperatures of between 4 and 7 degrees are forecast, and there’s a possibility of some wintry showers on higher ground.

By Friday, the weather’s expected to turn mild and rainy once again — then some ground frosts are forecast for the weekend.

So, if we had to sum it up in two words: “pretty changeable” might do the trick.

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