Réamhaisnéis Náisiúnta
Issued at: 26 April 2024 04:53
TODAY - Friday 26th April
Rain will linger in the south at first this morning with cloudy conditions there. Brighter elsewhere before cloud builds and showers move into the north through the morning. Some sunny spells for the afternoon and evening with well scattered showers, some heavy. The best of the sunshine will be in the east later on. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in a light to moderate northeasterly breeze.
TONIGHT
Showers will die away early on tonight with long clear spells following. Cold with lowest temperatures of -1 to 3 degrees and a touch of frost. Patches of mist and fog may form in light northerly breezes.
TOMORROW - Saturday 27th April
Starting off cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain in the east and southeast but mainly dry with spells of sunshine elsewhere. Rain will clear the southeast early in the afternoon. Otherwise, Saturday will be a cool day with a mix of sunny spells and scattered April showers feeding in over the country, in a light to moderate northeasterly breeze. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees, mildest in the west.
National Outlook
Overview: The final days of April will remain cool and unsettled with showers or rain at times.
Saturday night: Any showers dying out and becoming mainly dry and chilly on Saturday night with clear spells in a light northwest or variable breeze. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +3 degrees with some grass frost forming where its coolest in the north.
Sunday: Sunny spells and scattered showers feeding in from the west through the day. Cloud will build from the Atlantic towards evening. Fairly cool again with highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees with light northwest to west winds.
Sunday night: Scattered showers easing for time with cloud continuing to increase from the Atlantic overnight. Outbreaks of rain developing in the west and spreading eastwards overnight. Some locally heavy falls on higher ground in the west and southwest. Light to moderate winds backing southerly with lowest air temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees. Occasional mist.
Monday: A wet and cloudy day Monday. Widespread outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, will spread across the whole country through the morning. Showers will follow the clearance in the west through the evening. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. Mainly moderate southerly winds will ease light and veer westerly following the clearance of the rain.
Monday night: Rain will clear eastwards through the night but will linger on eastern coasts. Scattered showers elsewhere with some clearer spells. Mist and fog patches possible also. Lowest air temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees. Light southerly winds.
Tuesday: Current indications suggest another wet day Tuesday with further spells of rain, heavy at times in the south. Highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees with light to moderate west to southwest winds.
Overview: Continuing unsettled through the week but turning milder.
Temperature circle (°C): maximum and minimum temperature forecast for each day. Wind symbol (km/h): arrow points in the direction the wind is blowing. The weather and wind icons: for the time of maximum temperature and minimum temperature.