Storm Debi left thousands without power and caused widespread destruction as it battered Ireland yesterday - but it will not be the last of the damaging storms over the winter.
One expert warned that Ireland is set to be hit by a "conveyor belt" of storms over the winter due to the position of the jet streams, which could causing more chaos and destruction.
The National Director of Fire and Emergency Management Keith Leonard said that people will have to be vigilant through the winter months as storms are difficult to predict and can develop very quickly.
Speaking on RTE News he said: "The jet streams seem to be in a position to give us a conveyor belt of storms, hopefully not too many more but we will have to be vigilant over the winter."
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He said that storms are very unpredictable to track, with Storm Debi only first showing up on weather models a day or two before it hit.
Mr Leonard continued: "Storms are the most difficult weather systems to predict. This one didn’t track for a number of days, it developed very quickly over Saturday and yesterday.
"We’re working with uncertainty and we have to do the best that we can with it. I do think [Met Eireann] got the track of the storm fairly right."
Meanwhile, Tuesday will see some blustery weather today in the aftermath of the storm but there will be a mix of "sunny spells and scattered showers" though some will turn heavy and thundery in the west of Ireland.
The forecast for the rest of the week is set to be "generally unsettled with rain and showers at times".
Here is Met Eireann's full weather forecast for the week ahead:
Tuesday, November 14
A blustery day today with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers, some heavy and thundery, especially in Atlantic coastal counties. Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwest to west winds, strong at times in the northwest.
Clear spells and showers tonight, heavy in north Ulster where showers will merge into longer spells of rain. Further south, it will become mostly dry as showers become isolated. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees, coldest in the southwest. Westerly winds will continue moderate to fresh and gusty generally, strong at times in the northwest.
Wednesday, November 15th
Showery rain will slowly clear north Ulster through the morning. Dry elsewhere with sunny spells and just the odd light shower possible. Later in the afternoon and evening, showery outbreaks of rain will push into the west. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. Moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds in the morning will ease through the afternoon and backing southerly in the evening.
Showery outbreaks of rain will continue to spread eastwards through Wednesday night, heavy at times with some spot flooding possible. Coldest over Leinster and Ulster early in the night with temperatures falling to between 2 to 5 degrees. Slightly milder in Connacht and Munster with lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees. Mostly light to moderate southerly winds.
Thursday, November 16th
A generally wet and cloudy start with outbreaks of rain, heavy in places. A clearance to sunny spells and showers will move into the west through the morning, extending countrywide as the rain clears into the Irish Sea by the evening. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in moderate, occasionally fresh, west to southwest winds.
A mostly dry, clear and cold night on Thursday with lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees generally with frost developing in places in mostly light to moderate southwest winds. Some showers will affect Atlantic coastal counties, especially in the northwest where winds will be fresher at times.
Friday, November 17th
Chilly at first with plenty of dry and sunny weather, and just some showers in the west and northwest. However, cloud will build from the southwest with rain following towards midday, tracking across the country, reaching the northeast in the evening. Highest afternoon temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds at first, backing southeasterly and strengthening with the rain. The rain will clear northeastwards through the night with blustery showers following from the west as fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds veer southwesterly by morning. Lowest temperatures early in the night of 5 to 9 degrees.
Saturday, November 18th
A breezy day with widespread heavy or thundery showers, merging to longer spells of rain at times. Highest afternoon temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southwest winds.
Sunday, November 19th
Further showers or spells of showery rain expected. Breezy with fresh to strong and gusty southwesterly winds at first, gradually veering northwesterly through the day and easing slightly. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees generally.
Further Outlook: Current indications suggest that it will be rather mixed with further rain and showers at times, interspersed with some good dry intervals.
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