Munster
Issued at: 13 December 2024 12:00
TODAY - Friday 13th December
It will be mainly dry today, with just the odd spot of drizzle this afternoon. While it will be mostly cloudy, a few bright spells will manage to break through. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees with light and variable winds becoming moderate and northwesterly along the west coast later in the day.
TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy for a time tonight with a little patchy light rain and drizzle along with some mist and fog. Clear spells along with a few scattered showers will follow from the northwest later in the night. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +3 degrees, with a touch of frost in places towards dawn, in light to moderate westerly winds.
Solar UV Index
Low
TOMORROW - Saturday 14th December
It will be a bright and mostly dry start to tomorrow, Saturday, with good spells of sunshine and just well scattered showers in western coastal areas. It will become increasingly cloudy through the afternoon with some rain and drizzle developing later in the day, especially in northern and western parts of the province. Highest temperatures will range from 6 to 10 degrees, mildest in the west. Light or moderate west to southwesterly winds will freshen later along the west coast.
National Outlook
High pressure will continue to have an influence on our weather in the short term. While it'll be breezier than of late, there'll be a lot of dry weather, with just a little rain and drizzle and it'll be relatively mild. Its going to turn unsettled though during Tuesday, indeed very unsettled for the following couple of days, with spells of wet and windy weather. Continuing relatively mild or very mild for a time, but it'll turn a little cooler later next week.
Saturday night: Saturday night will be cloudy with a little rain and drizzle, along with some mist and hill fog. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees in mostly moderate, occasionally fresh west to southwest winds.
Sunday: Sunday will be a mostly cloudy day with some patchy outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, along with some mist. There'll be a good deal of dry weather too. It'll be a little milder and breezier than of late with highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty southwest to west winds, strong at times in some northern and western coastal parts.
Sunday night will be mostly cloudy for a time with a little patchy light rain and drizzle here and there, though some clear spells will gradually develop. Relatively mild with lowest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest to west winds, a little stronger still in coastal parts of the north and west.
Monday: Monday will continue fairly breezy and it'll be a little brighter with a mix of cloud and some sunny spells. While there'll be a lot of dry weather, there'll be some scattered patches of light rain and drizzle though especially in the north and west. Relatively mild with highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds.
Monday night: will be cloudy with a little patchy light rain and drizzle. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees with winds becoming mostly moderate southerly, fresher though in coastal parts of the west and southwest.
Tuesday: Tuesday will be a rather windy, cloudy day with a good deal of dry weather for a time. There'll be some patches of light rain and drizzle, which will eventually give way to more persistent rain which will spread from the southwest, some of it heavy. Very mild with highest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds.
Wednesday: There'll be some further spells of wet and windy on Wednesday and Wednesday night. The rain will be heavy at times in places, leading to some localised flooding, with heavy showers to follow, some thundery. Highest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees with strong cyclonic winds, likely to reach gale force at times especially in some coastal parts.
Thursday: Continuing windy on Thursday but it looks like it'll have turned colder and brighter with a mix of sunshine and showers, some heavy and thundery and of hail. Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in strong and gusty west to northwest winds, reaching gale force and gusty in western coastal parts.
Further Outlook: At this stage it looks like our weather will be changeable and mixed over the following days. It'll be windy at times with some rain or showers, but some drier brighter interludes too. Temperatures will fluctuate a little too, but generally will be close to average.
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.