National Forecast

Issued at: 30 August 2025 12:00

TODAY - Saturday 30th August

Wet early this afternoon with rain moving northeast across the country. The rain will be heavy at times and may cause localised flooding. A clearance to sunny spells and showers will gradually extend from the southwest through the afternoon and evening. Breezy with a moderate to fresh and gusty southeast to southwest wind, increasing strong at times towards Atlantic coasts. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees.

TONIGHT

Tonight will be breezy with scattered showers, most frequent across the western half of the country. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees with fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds.

TOMORROW - Sunday 31st August

Tomorrow will be breezy with widespread showers, turning heavy and merging into longer spells of rain at times. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees with fresh and gusty southerly winds, easing during the evening.

National Outlook

OVERVIEW: Remaining unsettled with spells of rain and showers. Feeling cooler than recent days with temperatures reaching the mid to high teens.

Sunday night: Showers continue to feed in from the west on Sunday night, merging into longer spells of rain at times in the northwest and west, turning heavy in places. Clear spells and scattered showers elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees with moderate to fresh west to southwest winds, strong along Atlantic coasts.

Monday: Sunny spells and widespread showers on Monday. Showers will turn heavy and possibly thundery at times before easing in the evening and becoming mostly confined to the west. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees with moderate to fresh westerly winds, easing light to moderate through the evening.

Monday night: Showers will continue to feed in from the Atlantic but will stay mostly confined to the west and northwest. Largely dry with clear spells elsewhere, though it may become cloudier in the south towards morning with a chance of rain clipping southern coastal areas. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees with mostly light southerly winds.

Tuesday: Showers continuing to feed in from the west on Tuesday, though not as heavy and widespread as preceding days. Spells of sunshine too, though more persistent cloud and a longer spell of rain may continue to affect southern and southeastern coastal areas. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees with light to moderate southerly winds veering northwesterly through the day.

Wednesday: Current indications show another unsettled day on Wednesday with further showers and the chance of a more persistent spell of rain moving across the south. Highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees with mostly light westerly or variable winds.

Further outlook: A good deal of uncertainty in the details looking further ahead, but there is a signal for unsettled weather to continue with further spells of rain and showers.