Changeable with showers and dry spells
Weather Update
Changeable weather over the coming days with some rain and showers at times but also good dry spells. Temperatures gradually increasing.
Scattered heavy showers over Munster and south Leinster to start this morning, with isolated showers further north. Through the morning, sunny spells and further showers will develop with some longer spells of thundery rain in the afternoon, but showers will ease during the evening. Breezy in moderate to fresh northwest winds. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.
Becoming dry with clear spells in many areas early tonight as well scattered showers become mostly confined to the northwest. Cloudier over Munster though with light outbreaks of rain feeding in from the Atlantic towards dawn. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees in moderating northwesterly winds.
Tuesday will see a cloudy tomorrow over Munster with outbreaks of rain continuing through much of the day. Good sunny spells elsewhere with well scattered showers. Becoming mostly dry through the evening though staying cloudy in the southwest with some lingering outbreaks of rain in coastal areas. Highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees generally, slightly cooler in the southwest, in mostly light to moderate northwesterly breezes.
Dry for most parts on Tuesday night with just a few odd showers, but rain will linger in parts of the southwest through the night. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees under long clear spells, but holding slightly warmer in the southwest under cloudier conditions. Mist and fog patches will form too in mainly light northwesterly or variable breezes.
Wednesday is expected to be a mainly dry day with just patchy rain in the southwest gradually clearing and just light showers occurring in the northwest. Some good sunny spells too, the best of which will be in the morning and evening. Feeling rather pleasant with highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees in light breezes.
Cloud will thicken in the southwest on Wednesday night ahead of some further light rain moving in later in the night. Holding dry elsewhere with good clear spells. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees under the clearer skies, staying slightly warmer under the cloud, with light to moderate southeasterly winds developing.
There is some uncertainty in the forecast for Thursday but current indications suggest that it will be a dry and bright to start for much of Ulster and Leinster. However, rain and cloud in Connacht and Munster will gradually extend over the country through the day. Highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees in moderate, occasionally fresh, southeasterly winds.
Rain will continue to track northeastwards throughout Thursday night with dry and clear conditions following in from the Atlantic. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in light southerly breezes veering westerly.
Rain will clear from much of the country during the morning on Friday though it could linger along eastern coastal counties for much of the day. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in mainly light variable breezes. Becoming mostly dry overnight with lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees.
Looking forward to next weekend and a good deal of dry weather is promised. Temperatures continuing to increase with highs in the high teens generally.