Latest Rainfall Radar showing live precipitation and the last 90 minutes precipitation over Ireland, updated every 5 minutes. Precipitation can be rain, hail or snow. Accumulations can refer to rainfall only.
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The rainfall forecast is direct model output from Numerical Weather Prediction models but is a guideline only. Rain refers to precipitation, which can be rain, sleet or snow. It forecasts how much rain will fall (in mm) hourly during the previous hour (accumulations), then in 3 hourly and finally 6 hourly accumulations up to 7 days. This service is based on data and products of the HARMONIE-AROME and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) models.
The wind is direct model output from Numerical Weather Prediction models but is a guideline only. It forecasts the strength of the wind (in knots and km/h) at 10m for the top of each hour, in hourly, then 3 hourly and finally 6 hourly intervals up to 7 days. The wind arrow tip points in the direction the wind is blowing and the tail length indicates wind strength. However, in the text forecast below, it is described as where it is blowing from. This service is based on data and products of the HARMONIE-AROME and the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) models.
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.
National Forecast
26 May 2025 21:53
Tonight
Tonight will bring some clear spells for a time and a scattering of showers. It'll become increasingly cloudy from the southwest later in the night, with rain moving into parts of the south and west, becoming heavy at times in the southwest. Clear spells will persist in Ulster. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees with moderate to fresh westerly winds decreasing light southerly overnight.
Tomorrow
It'll become cloudy and wet across the country through tomorrow morning as outbreaks of rain and drizzle continues to spread northeastwards. There'll be further outbreaks of rain and drizzle into the afternoon, though it'll become lighter and patchier by evening time, with a good deal of dry weather at that stage, though it'll remain mostly cloudy. Highest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees over the northern half of the country, with light winds. Milder and breezier further south with highs of 14 to 18 degrees in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.
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