Storm Goretti: Snow and rain warning in place for four counties
Kenneth Fox
A yellow snow and rain warning is in place for Cork, Kerry, Waterford and Wexford.
Met Éireann said Storm Goretti will bring rain, heavy at times and will turn to sleet and snow in places on Thursday afternoon, particularly at elevation.
They are warning of hazardous travelling conditions, spot flooding, poor visibility and icy patches.
The warning is valid from 12pm on Thursday to 8pm this evening.
Rain in the SW🌧️ early this morning will extend N, turning heavy at times in the S☔️ with freshening northerly winds & the chance of some sleet or snow🌨️.
The rain will become confined to the SE later.
Largely dry for Ulster though with just some showers🌦️.
Highs🌡️ of 2 to 6°C pic.twitter.com/xnNnvTbi93
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 8, 2026
Outbreaks of rain and drizzle will continue to push up from the south on Thursday and will mainly affect Munster and parts of Leinster, turning heavy at times near the south coast.
There is the chance of some sleet and a little snow is possible too, mainly over higher ground. It'll be mostly dry further north, with just a few showers.
Afternoon highs of 2 to 6 degrees with light variable winds becoming light to moderate northerly in the afternoon, fresh and gusty near southern coasts.
Lingering rain and drizzle in the southeast will clear early tonight to leave a mix of cloud and clear spells with scattered wintry showers, mainly affecting Atlantic and northern counties and early in the night for some eastern fringes.
Frost and ice will form on untreated surfaces with lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees in light to moderate northwesterly winds, fresher near southern coasts.
A bright, cold day on Friday with spells of sunshine.
Dry for most with isolated showers. However, scattered showers will affect Atlantic and northern counties.
The showers will be a wintry mix of rain, hail and sleet with a little snow possible over higher ground. There's a chance of isolated thunderstorms too.
Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees, coldest in the northeast, in mostly light to moderate westerly winds, fresh to strong and gusty near southwestern coasts.
They said overall, there will be mixed conditions. Turning milder through the weekend.
Largely dry and bright with just a few showers, on Saturday, some of which could be wintry.
Cloud will build from the southwest later in the afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees generally, 2 to 5 degrees for Ulster, in light, occasionally moderate westerly or variable breezes.
Largely dry on Sunday but cloudy at first. Rain in the southwest will gradually extend across the country, reaching the northeast in the late afternoon.
The rain may turn heavy in places and also may fall as sleet or snow in parts of the north during the evening. The highest temperatures range from 5 degrees in the north to 10 degrees in the south.
Fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds will ease southwesterly later as the rain mostly clears from the south and west.
