Issued on 11th June
Heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms are expected to move over the country later today and continue right through Thursday morning before moving north and clearing the country by Thursday afternoon.
A significant plume of very warm moist air is moving up from the Iberian peninsula over the country later today and this, coupled with a large complex area of low pressure to our west, will help spark off thunderstorm activity across the country.
Figure 1 – Airmass temperatures (colour scale) increasing from the south with low pressure out to the west of Ireland.
Meteorologist Mark Bowe says “The thunderstorm activity we’re expecting tonight and in the early hours of tomorrow, is actually originating from the far south and is visible on our satellite imagery from this morning at 11am”.
Figure 2 –MSG Visible Satellite @ 11am (11th June 2025) showing a plume of thunderstorms (+ indicates lightning) moving northwards to the west of France.
Bowe continues, “we are monitoring the development of these storms as they track towards us today. We are expecting southern counties to see the first of the thunderstorms this afternoon and evening followed by Leinster getting the bulk of the activity afterwards.”
Met Éireann is expecting heavy showers with localised thunderstorms, and as such we have issued a series of yellow thunderstorm warnings for today and tomorrow. The first of these starts this afternoon for the south and southwest. Overnight and into tomorrow, the eastern half of the country will experience further thunderstorms, which will track northwards though the day.
These warnings may be updated as our meteorologists monitor the situation.
With the heavy and thundery showers there will be risk of spot and localised flooding with possible lightning damage. Travel conditions will also be affected with reduced visibility.
For all the latest updated on this developing situation and for the latest forecasts be sure to check out www.met.ie and our social media channels.
Thunderstorm activity today and into Thursday, June 12th
Issued on 11th June
Heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms are expected to move over the country later today and continue right through Thursday morning before moving north and clearing the country by Thursday afternoon.
A significant plume of very warm moist air is moving up from the Iberian peninsula over the country later today and this, coupled with a large complex area of low pressure to our west, will help spark off thunderstorm activity across the country.
Figure 1 – Airmass temperatures (colour scale) increasing from the south with low pressure out to the west of Ireland.
Meteorologist Mark Bowe says “The thunderstorm activity we’re expecting tonight and in the early hours of tomorrow, is actually originating from the far south and is visible on our satellite imagery from this morning at 11am”.
Figure 2 –MSG Visible Satellite @ 11am (11th June 2025) showing a plume of thunderstorms (+ indicates lightning) moving northwards to the west of France.
Bowe continues, “we are monitoring the development of these storms as they track towards us today. We are expecting southern counties to see the first of the thunderstorms this afternoon and evening followed by Leinster getting the bulk of the activity afterwards.”
Met Éireann is expecting heavy showers with localised thunderstorms, and as such we have issued a series of yellow thunderstorm warnings for today and tomorrow. The first of these starts this afternoon for the south and southwest. Overnight and into tomorrow, the eastern half of the country will experience further thunderstorms, which will track northwards though the day.
These warnings may be updated as our meteorologists monitor the situation.
With the heavy and thundery showers there will be risk of spot and localised flooding with possible lightning damage. Travel conditions will also be affected with reduced visibility.
For all the latest updated on this developing situation and for the latest forecasts be sure to check out www.met.ie and our social media channels.
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