Ireland weather: Rain and drizzle to pour down before sunshine sets in

Outbreaks of rain will splash down around the country across the week before a swing in conditions leads to a sunny and dry weekend.

While Met Éireann has forecast some patches of light rain or drizzle, overall, this week will be a lot drier than previous weeks, with gradually increasing daytime temperatures as we move to the weekend.

Sharing weather charts for the coming days, Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather also confirmed that things would get drier, with a high-pressure system moving into place that could be here to stay.

He wrote: “Total rainfall forecast for next 10 days and it’s a long time since I seen so little forecast for 10 days. High pressure moving towards us and could be a little stubborn to move hopefully”.

Meanwhile, Met Éireann’s forecast shows a rainy week with scattered showers and patches of drizzle with some sunny spells before sunshine sets in for the weekend. Here is the national forecast for the coming days:

Tuesday

Today will be cool and breezy with scattered showers and some sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 9C to 12C in a moderate to fresh northwesterly breeze.

It will become largely dry with clear spells tonight, as showers become isolated. Lowest temperatures of 2C to 6C with a light to moderate west to northwest wind.

Wednesday

Cloud will increase tomorrow morning and scattered outbreaks of rain or drizzle will extend across the country from the northwest through the day. Highest temperatures of 7C to 12C in a light to moderate west to northwest wind.

Wednesday night will be generally dry and cloudy, although a few patches of light rain or drizzle will linger. Lowest temperatures of 3C to 6C in a light northwesterly or variable wind.

Thursday

Mostly cloudy and dry, with just a few patches of light rain or drizzle. Highest temperatures of 10C to 14C in a light to moderate west to northwest wind.

Thursday night will stay largely cloudy with patches of light rain or drizzle. Lowest temperatures of 7C to 9C in a light to moderate west to northwest wind.

There will be some rain and scattered showers over the week

Friday

Starting mostly cloudy with isolated showers but sunny spells will improve later in the day. Highest temperatures of 10C to 15C with light to moderate north to northwest winds.

Friday night will be dry with long clear spells and light winds. Lowest temperatures of 1C to 5C.

Saturday

Most areas will be dry on Saturday with some sunshine at times. Highest temperatures of 12C to 17C with light and variable winds. Saturday night will be dry with clear spells and light winds. Lowest temperatures of 2C to 5C.

Sunday

Sunday is looking mostly dry with sunshine at times. Highest temperatures of 14C to 18C with light winds.

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