Rainy day ahead with risk of thunder, hail and spot flooding

Weather update

The outlook for the coming days is for cool and more unsettled conditions - wet and windy weather, mixed with sunny spells and blustery showers at times.

Rain clearing in eastern parts early this morning to leave sunny spells and showers. The latest weather forecast from Met Éireann warns the showers will become heavy at times in the west this morning, before becoming more frequent and widespread this afternoon along with the chance of localised hail, thunderstorms and spot flooding. Highest temperatures will be a cooler 11 to 15 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwest to west winds.

Tonight, showers will become mostly confined to southern and western coastal areas through the night, with drier and clearer spells developing elsewhere. However, showers may become more frequent near southern coasts towards morning, merging into longer spells of rain at times. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in mostly moderate southwesterly winds, fresher near coasts.

Sunny spells and scattered thundery showers on Tuesday. It will remain a little cloudier in the south and southeast though where showers may merge to longer spells of rain at times. Cool, with highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in moderate to occasionally fresh southwesterly winds, veering westerly during the afternoon.

Showers will largely become confined to the west and north coasts on Tuesday night, with good dry clear spells developing elsewhere. Quite cool in mostly moderate westerly winds with lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees.

Wednesday morning will be mostly dry with good sunny spells and just the chance of some patchy drizzle along the northwest coast, Cloud will increase from the west during the afternoon with some patchy drizzle extending inland. More persistent rain will push into the west during the evening. Highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees as moderate westerly winds back southerly and ease light to moderate by evening.

Wet and blustery conditions will extend from the Atlantic overnight on Wednesday with some heavy burst at times. Clearer spells and showery conditions will reach the west coast by morning. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees as southwesterly winds increase moderate to fresh, becoming strong near coasts.

Thurday will see hazy sunny spells and scattered showers in the morning, however a spell of more persistent and occasionally heavy rain will extend from the west during the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in moderate to fresh west to southwest winds.

Rain will clear southern areas early in the night on Thursday with scattered showers and clear spells following, while the rain will gradually clear northern parts later in the night. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest to west winds.

Good sunny spells are promised on Friday with scattered showers mainly confined to western coastal counties, some of these showers will be heavy or thundery at times. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in mostly moderate west to southwest winds.

Current indications suggest next weekend will remain blustery with further showers or longer spells of rain mixed in with some bright or sunny spells at times.