Blustery day ahead but some sunny spells

Weather Update

Generally cool and quite unsettled through the rest of the week with rain and showers, according to the latest weather forecast from Met Éireann.

This morning, showers will become more isolated and mainly confined to the north and west, leaving a mostly dry and sunny morning. However, cloud will increase from the west during the afternoon with rain and drizzle developing on western coasts during the evening. Highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees. Moderate westerly winds will back southerly during the day, increasing fresh to strong on Atlantic coasts during the evening.

Tonight will be a wet and blustery night as rain along with fresh and gusty southerly winds, strong to near gale force on exposed coasts, extend eastwards through the night. The rain will be heavy at times but will clear into the Irish Sea before morning with showers following in behind. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 11 degrees, coldest early on in the night in the north and east before turning milder with the rain.

Tomorrow (Thursday) will begin mostly cloudy with scattered showers and just occasional bright or sunny spells. Later in the afternoon, a spell of showery rain will move in from the west, extending eastwards through the evening. Milder than previous days with highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees, coolest over the north and northeast. Moderate to fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, strong on exposed coasts, will ease for a time during the afternoon.

A windy night on Thursday with rain clearing eastwards but followed by blustery showers or longer spells of rain. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, veering westerly and increasing strong in the north and northwest.

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 on Friday, becoming more isolated with good clear spells further east. Towards morning, showers will merge to longer spells of rain. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in mostly moderate southerly winds.

Showers or longer spells of rain for Saturday. Largely cloudy to start the day but good sunny spells will extend from the west during the afternoon. Highest temperatures of just 10 to 13 degrees.

Good sunny spells on Sunday but scattered showers persisting along with the risk of thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.

Continuing unsettled early next week. Current indications suggest that there will be scattered showers and sunny spells on Monday and Tuesday with longer spells of rain later. Highest temperatures generally ranging 11 to 15 degrees with temperatures possibly picking up after Tuesday.