Several counties hit with thunderstorm warning amid weekend heatwave

Met Éireann has revealed when the high temperatures are set to drop.

The entire country has already been issued a high temperature warning, which is currently in effect and is set to last until 6 am on Sunday.

Temperatures can exceed 27 degrees, the forecaster has warned.

Potential impacts include water safety issues due to increased use of lakes/beaches, forest fires and heat stress.

A Status Yellow temperature warning has also been placed on Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan, Donegal, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Connacht. It is scheduled to last from midday on Sunday until 6 pm that same day.

The province of Connacht, meanwhile, has now been hit with a Status Yellow Thunderstorm Warning from 3 pm until 10 pm Sunday.

It reads: "Heavy, thundery downpours in parts. Potential impacts: Surface water flooding, lightning damage and difficult travelling conditions."

"Some outdoor events may be impacted," the alert also states.

Met Éireann's weather forecast for Saturday night reads: "Mild and dry tonight and feeling humid with temperatures not falling below 14 to 17 degrees with very light southeast or variable breezes."

As for Sunday, it has forecasted: "Largely dry and fine to begin tomorrow, with long spells of sunshine and mostly light winds. Cloud will build from the west with showers pushing in across west Munster in the morning, extending into Connacht and western parts of Leinster during the afternoon and evening.

"Some heavy and thundery downpours are likely, especially in the west. A very warm or hot day with highest temperatures of 22 to 29 degrees and light to moderate south to southeast or variable breezes.

"Turning fresher in the west and south by evening."

Meanwhile, Sunday night will have showery outbreaks which could be thundery in parts. Temperatures are expected to range from 12 degrees to 17 degrees.

Monday will be "cloudy and unsettled with a band of rain clearing northern parts of the country during the morning".

"A mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers to follow, some heavy," the weather forecaster adds.

"Quite breezy with moderate to fresh south to southwesterly winds, with highest temperatures that bit cooler than recently at 16 to 22 degrees."

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