It’s official. Ireland’s heatwave is effectively dead and buried. Ireland was blessed with some glorious record breaking temperatures this week , hitting over 30C in parts of the country. While many hoped the fine weather would continue into the bank holiday weekend, Met Éireann forecasters dashed any hopes as they said it would turn cooler and more unsettled. Thursday will see highs of 24C, but patches of light rain, drizzle and mist will hit over the course of the day. Friday will be a largely
dry day with plenty of sunshine and just isolated light showers, alongside highs of 23C. But on Saturday, outbreaks of rain in the west will spread eastwards through the morning and turn heavy at times in the afternoon, with a chance of isolated thunderstorms in the north. Sunday will bring a mix of cloud, sun and scattered showers, with cloudier conditions spreading from the southwest later in the day. Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather also shared that Thursday would be mild and cloudy to start,
and that on Saturday rain would hit closer to the west coast, with very little rain in the east of the country. He wrote: “A mild but cloudy start to Thursday for many with best of sunshine in North and parts of East. Latest rainfall totals up to 4pm Saturday shows very little rain in East but higher amounts near West coast.” Here is Met Éireann’s forecast for the long weekend: Dry and bright in the north and east with sunny spells this morning. Duller
elsewhere, with patches of light rain, drizzle and mist, that will gradually spread northeastwards through the afternoon with limited sunny spells breaking through. Highest temperatures of 17 to 24 degrees, warmest in the north and east with the brighter conditions, in light to moderate south to southwest winds, fresher along Atlantic coasts. Mostly cloudy with patches of light rain, drizzle and mist in the west and north tonight. Drier elsewhere with clear spells developing. Temperatures will not fall below 10 to 14 degrees in mostly
moderate southwesterly winds. Any lingering patchy rain and drizzle in the north and west will clear tomorrow morning to leave a largely dry day with plenty of sunshine and just isolated light showers. Highest temperatures of 17 to 23 degrees, warmest in Leinster, with light to moderate westerly winds, fresh at times in the north in the morning. Mostly dry with long clear spells at first on Friday night. Cloud will build from the west later in the night with outbreaks of rain in the
west by morning. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees with mist and fog patches possible in mostly light southerly breezes. Outbreaks of rain in the west will spread eastwards through the morning and turn heavy at times in the afternoon, particularly in the north with a chance of isolated thunderstorms. A clearance to sunny spells and scattered showers will follow for the western half of the country through the evening. Highest temperatures ranging from 15 degrees in the west to 22 degrees in the
east with moderate southwesterly winds. Any rain lingering in the east will clear early on to leave a mostly dry night with some clear spells and isolated light showers. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in mostly light southwesterly breezes. A mix of cloud, sun and scattered showers, with cloudier conditions spreading from the southwest later in the day. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees, warmest in the east, with moderate westerly winds. Cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain moving eastwards, turning heavy
at times especially later in the day. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees, again warmest in the east, with moderate southwest to west winds. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here .
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