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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
06 January 2026 14:30
Inniu
A mix of cloud and sunny spells this afternoon with scattered showers extending from the northwest. Highest temperatures of 3 to 8 degrees, coolest in the east, with mostly moderate southwesterly winds, veering northwesterly.
Anocht
Largely dry and clear early tonight with just a few showers. Cloud will extend eastwards across the country from the west later tonight with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle reaching Atlantic fringes by morning. Less cold than preceding nights but still with frost in places with lowest temperatures of -1 to +3 degrees in mostly moderate westerly winds.
Amárach
Mostly dry and cloudy early tomorrow. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle in Atlantic fringes will slowly track eastwards. Some bright spells are possible in eastern parts where it will remain dry until the late afternoon. Some clear spells and isolated showers will develop in the west and southwest in the evening. Highest temperatures of 3 degrees in the northeast to 8 or 9 degrees in the southwest, with mostly light westerly winds, backing southerly through the day.
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