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National Forecast
10 January 2026 10:46
Today
Dry with bright spells for many, with any showers mainly confined to Ulster. Cloud will build from the west with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle following through the afternoon and evening. It will stay dry for many eastern parts for daylight hours. Highest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees, coldest in the northeast, with the higher temperatures in the southwest. Winds will be light southwesterly or variable, becoming south to southeast later and freshening a little further west.
Tonight
Cloudy tonight with outbreaks of rain and drizzle along with some hill and coastal mist and fog. It'll become rather windy with southerly winds increasing fresh to strong and occasionally gusty. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees in the north and east initially, but between 6 and 9 degrees elsewhere, with those less cold conditions extending to all areas overnight.
Tomorrow
Sunday will be a cloudy day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle at times, along with some hill and coastal mist and fog. Some drier spells will develop in parts, especially during the morning, before more rain moves up from the south through the afternoon, becoming heavy at times. A clearance will start to extend from the southwest and west in the evening. Southerly winds will decrease moderate to fresh in the morning, before it becomes windy again through the afternoon and evening, with south to southwest winds increasing strong and gusty and reaching near gale to gale force in Atlantic coastal areas. Much milder than recently with highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees.
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