Ireland bracing itself for final storm of 2017 as Storm Dylan approaches

Ireland is bracing itself for the last storm of 2017 as Storm Dylan makes its way towards the southeast before moving up the country later tonight, bringing strong winds.

Today will be bright and blustery with sunshine and scattered showers, which will become isolated later. This evening, rain will develop in the southwest. Highest temperatures of 5-10 degrees with fresh, gusty west to southwest winds.

Met Eireann have issued a Yellow Weather Warning as southwest winds from Storm Dylan will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65kmh with gusts up to 100kmh on Saturday night and early Sunday morning. All counties in Munster, along with Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Offaly have been issued with the warning, which will be in effect from Saturday night at 9pm until Sunday morning at 6am.

Tonight, rain will spread northeastwards with strengthening south to southeast winds. From around midnight onwards, it will become stormy in the west and northwest with severe or damaging gusts of up to 120 km/hr. and very windy further east with very strong, gusty southwest winds. Lowest temperatures of 2-6 degrees