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The temperature is direct model output from Numerical Weather Prediction models but is a guideline only. It forecasts air temperature on land and over sea in °C for the top of each hour, 3 hourly and finally 6 hourly intervals up to 7 days. Minus zero (-0) indicates values between 0 to -0.5°C. This service is based on data and products of the HARMONIE-AROME and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) models.
The Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) is direct model output from Numerical Weather Prediction models but is a guideline only. It forecasts the MSLP in hecto Pascals (hPa) for the top of that hour initially in 3 hourly intervals, then 6 hourly. This service is based on data and products of the HARMONIE-AROME and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) models.
Réamhaisnéis Náisiúnta
27 July 2026 05:30
Inniu
Mostly cloudy today with scattered outbreaks of light rain and drizzle mainly affecting the northern half of the country, and becoming more persistent in the northwest in the evening. Much of the south and east will remain dry with some brighter intervals possible too. Humid with highest temperatures ranging from 16 degrees in the northwest to 23 degrees in the southeast, with a light to moderate southwest breeze.
Anocht
Mild and humid tonight. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle will be more persistent over parts of Connacht and Ulster, but they will be lighter and less frequent elsewhere with many areas remaining dry. Mostly cloudy with some mist and hill fog too. Lowest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees, with light to moderate southwest winds.
Amárach
A generally warm and humid day. It will be mostly cloudy, with the best of the sunny spells away from the northwest. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle will be most persistent in the west and northwest. Elsewhere, they will be more isolated with many areas remaining dry. Highest temperatures ranging from 17 degrees in the west and northwest to 24 degrees in parts of the midlands and east, with mostly moderate, occasionally fresh, southwesterly winds.
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