Unsettled weather with rain and showers

Weather update from Met Éireann

Generally unsettled with rain and showers at times. That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.

Mostly dry this morning with good sunny spells developing and just a few showers, mainly in the north. Cloud will thicken from the southwest in the afternoon and outbreaks of rain will follow later in the evening. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. Moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds in the morning will ease through the afternoon and back southerly.

Showery outbreaks of rain will continue to spread eastwards through the night, heavy at times. Coldest in the northern half of the country overnight with temperatures falling to between 2 to 5 degrees. Slightly milder further south with lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees. Mostly light to moderate southeast or variable breezes.

A generally wet and cloudy start tomorrow with outbreaks of rain, heavy in places. Sunny spells and showers will follow for the rest of the day as the rain clears eastwards through the morning and afternoon. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees in moderate, occasionally fresh, west to southwest winds.

Showers will continue to feed into Atlantic coastal counties throughout Thursday night while remaining mostly dry further east. A clear and cold night with lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees generally, with frost possibly developing in places, in mostly light southwest winds.

Friday is expected chilly at first with hazy sunshine, and just some showers in the west and northwest. However, cloud will build from the southwest with rain following in the afternoon, tracking northeastwards across the country. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees in mostly light southwest winds at first, backing southeasterly and strengthening with the rain.

The rain will clear northeastwards through Friday night with blustery showers following from the west as moderate to fresh southeast winds veer south to southwest by morning. Lowest temperatures early in the night of 5 to 9 degrees.

A breezy day on Saturday with widespread heavy or thundery showers, merging to longer spells of rain at times. Highest afternoon temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds.

Showers continuing into the night Saturday with clearer spells developing in the southeast overnight. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds.

Further showers or spells of showery rain expected Sunday. Moderate to fresh southwesterly winds at first, veering northwesterly through the evening 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.