Autumn is officially arriving soon.
While we’re all enjoying the late post-summer heat this weekend, it looks like it’s not going to last much longer, as Met Éireann predict a return to normal Irish October weather.
We’ll take it, though. After enduring a pretty miserable summer weather-wise, the last few days of heat have given us a little boost going into the autumn-winter months.
While today, Sunday, October 8, will remain pretty dry across the country – bar some light rain in parts of Ulster and Connaught – the national forecaster says that highest temperatures will hit around 18 to 23 degrees in light to moderate southwesterly or variable breezes. The predominant condition today looks to be mist and fog around the coast.
Warm & mostly dry apart from light rain in the northwest that will gradually clear this morning?
Cloudy with mist, fog & drizzle affecting southern coasts in particular, otherwise hazy sunny spells. ?️☁️
Showers may develop in the northwest later ?️
Highs of 17 to 23C pic.twitter.com/FykjMa3SNW
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 8, 2023
Conditions will be similar tonight going into tomorrow, with fairly mild temps, around 10-15 degrees, overnight.
Tomorrow, Monday, October 9, we’ll also enjoy some warm, hazy weather. Temperatures will be around 19-23C to start the week off. However, things will get a bit cooler and wetter as the night goes on, with “patchy light rain in the northwest early in the night.”
Here’s the national forecast for next week.
National Forecast
Tuesday
Showers will develop in the northwest early Tuesday morning followed by a more persistent rain will move into the north and west, remaining through the evening. Mostly cloudy with some sunny intervals. Outbreaks of heavier rain will develop in the southwest by the evening, spreading eastwards. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds.
Tuesday night: A wet night for many with heavy rain arriving from the southwest and extending eastwards through the night. Mist and fog patches. Mostly dry in the northwest with some clear spells. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 15 degrees, coolest in the north. Light to moderate west to southwest breezes veering west to northwest.
Wednesday
A wet start to Wednesday as rain continues heavy in places. That rain will gradually clear eastwards through the afternoon with sunny spells developing. Leaving a generally dry evening apart from some lingering patchy rain in parts of the south. Cooler on Wednesday with highest temperatures of 11 to 17 degrees in light to moderate northwest breezes.
Wednesday night: Mostly dry with some rain developing along southern coasts. Clear spells away from northern and southern coasts. Cooler on Wednesday night with lowest temperatures of 4 to 10 degrees in a variable light breeze.
Thursday
Rain will linger on southern coasts with cloud building over the southern half of the country. Mainly dry elsewhere with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in light east or variable breezes.
Further outlook
Changeable with light rain and showers at times. Feeling cool with temperatures around average for the time of year.
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