Unsettled weather with rain and showers

Weather Update

The outlook for the rest of the week is generally cool and quite unsettled with rain and showers.

Scattered showers this morning; cloudier over parts of the south and east with more frequent showers or longer spells of rain for a time. But good sunny spells will develop in all areas through the morning. The latest weather forecast from Met Éireann says some showers will be heavy and thundery with a risk of spot flooding. Cool, with highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees in moderate, occasionally fresh southwesterly winds, veering westerly during the afternoon.

Tonight, scattered showers will continue, mainly in the west and north. Long dry and clear spells will develop elsewhere. Cold with lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in mainly moderate westerly winds, fresher on northern and Atlantic coasts.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) scattered showers in the west and north will become more isolated leaving a mostly dry and sunny morning. However, cloud will increase from the west during the afternoon with drizzle developing on Atlantic coasts during the evening. Highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees, mildest along southern and southwestern coasts. Moderate westerly winds will back southerly during the day, freshening on Atlantic coasts during the evening.

Wednesday night is expected to be a wet and blustery night as rain, along with fresh and gusty southerly winds, strong to near gale force on exposed coasts, will extend eastwards through the night. The rain will be heavy at times. A clearance to showers will develop in western areas by morning. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees generally though slightly milder along southern and southwestern coasts.

Thursday morning will see scattered showers and hazy sunny spells but it will become cloudier as a spell of showery rain will move into the west towards midday, extending to most areas through the afternoon but possibly holding dry in the southeast till the evening. Milder than previous days with highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees, coolest over Ulster in mostly moderate southwesterly winds, increasing fresh at times.

A wet night on Thursday with rain mainly over the southern half of the country and showers further north. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, veering westerly later in the night.

Friday will bring a day of sunny spells and showers, heaviest and most frequent over the western half of the country with a risk of isolated thunderstorms. There will be good dry spells at times in eastern areas. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees generally in fresh and gusty westerly winds. Scattered showers will continue in Atlantic counties overnight, becoming more isolated with good clear spells further east. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees.

Expect showers to start the day on Saturday but, during the morning, outbreaks of rain will extend from the southwest reaching the northeast towards the evening. The rain will be heavy, particularly over southern coastal counties. Highest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds, easing during the day.

On Sunday, overnight rain will clear eastern coastal counties during the morning, leaving a day of sunny spells and scattered showers with a risk of thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of just 10 to 13 degrees with moderate to fresh westerly winds developing.

The outlook for early next week is for continuing unsettled weather with blustery conditions for early next week. Current indications suggest that there will scattered showers and sunny spells on Monday and Tuesday with a spell of heavy rain on Monday night over the southern half of the country. Highest temperatures generally in the low to mid-teens.