National Forecast

Issued at: 13 October 2024 18:14

TODAY - Sunday 13th October

Cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle continuing to slowly spread eastwards across the country this evening. The rain will turn heavy at times along the south coast with the heaviest of the rain set to stay offshore. Light to moderate southeast winds.

TONIGHT

A cloudy start tonight with further outbreaks of rain and drizzle, heavy at times in the south. The rain will clear eastwards overnight with isolated showers and a few clear spells developing. Patches of mist and fog will develop in light variable winds. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees.

TOMORROW - Monday 14th October

Any mist and fog will clear tomorrow morning, leaving a mainly dry and bright day with sunny spells. However, it will be cloudy in parts of the west and northwest with isolated patches of light rain and drizzle there during the morning. Milder with highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees in a light southerly breeze.

National Outlook

OVERVIEW: Mixed weather and turning milder.

Monday night will be mainly dry. It will become mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving up from the south into Munster overnight. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 11 degrees with light to moderate southerly winds.

On Tuesday, outbreaks of rain will move northwards to most areas and will become heavy at times especially in southern counties with spot flooding possible. Highest temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees with light to moderate south to southeast winds. Rain will continue on Tuesday night and will be heavy at times.

Wednesday morning will be dull with further rain. A clearance to sunny spells in the southwest in the early afternoon will gradually extend northeastwards. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds.

Thursday will be mild with bright or sunny spells and some scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees with moderate to fresh southwest winds. Later on Thursday night rain will move in from the west and spread eastwards.

On Friday morning, rain will clear eastwards. Sunny spells and showers will follow from the west. Highest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees with moderate to fresh south to southwest winds.

At the moment it looks like there will be further showers on Saturday and more persistent rain on Sunday.