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WEATHER experts are warning Irish citizens this week that the up-and-coming winter season may actually get cold and even wet at times, all depending on the temperature and amount of rainfall.

Forecasters said the change will even affect some trees, which will lose their leaves over the coming months.

Explaining the unusual phenomenon, meteorologist Martin Byrne warned that November, December and January will probably be colder than the rest of the months in the year, and advised people to wear warmer clothes than they would in spring and summer.

“I would advise everyone in the country to buy a hat, jacket and a pair of gloves in preparation for this sudden change in climate,” he said. “These items of clothing can be purchased in any good clothes shop, and will protect you from the cold air. If you don’t have any form of heating in your home, I’d advise you to get some quick. Note: you cannot buy jumpers or jackets for houses, as they don’t make them that size.”

Along with the cold, darkness is also expected, with light dissipating earlier in the evening than in previous months.

“Motorists will have to turn their lights on to drive in the dark,” Byrne explained, demonstrating with a torch and making ‘vroom vroom’ noises while steering an imaginary wheel. “It could also rain in the dark too, so make sure your car has windscreen wipers,” he added, now moving his head side-to-side.

The winter weather is expected to last right up to January, and even Febuary, before getting slightly warmer in time for spring, which is a whole other ball game altogether.