
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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Met Éireann forecasters manually produce the weather icons for midday and midnight to reflect the predicted major weather type for these times.
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 June 2025 05:09
Today
Breezy today with sunny spells and scattered showers during the morning. Cloud will increase through the afternoon with outbreaks of rain developing in the southwest. The rain will move eastwards across the country, turning more persistent in the west and northwest during the evening. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees, coolest in the northwest and west, in a moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwest wind.
Tonight
Mild, cloudy and breezy with outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards across the country. Lowest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees in a moderate to fresh southerly wind.
Tomorrow
Rather windy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, heaviest and most persistent during the morning and afternoon, particularly in the north and west, but the rain will become lighter and patchier towards evening with some drier and brighter spells possible further east. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees in a fresh and gusty southwesterly wind, strong at times near coasts.
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