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Ireland is set to experience highs of 25C amidst a “blast of heat” as temperatures are on track to soar in the early part of next week.
That’s according to Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather, who has also pointed to the potential arrival of high pressure and another welcome spell of warm weather a little later in August.
While temperatures will climb to highs of around 25C on Monday, the warm spell next week looks set to be very brief, according to O’Reilly in a Thursday evening update posted on social media.
“It’s going to get quite warm for Monday, up to 25 degrees, but it looks very short-lived,” O’Reilly said.
“It probably will last maybe Monday, Tuesday, could possibly last into Wednesday but really, it only looks like a couple of warm days,” he added.
On a more encouraging note, there are promising signs of more warm weather coming Ireland’s way before the month of August is out.
“Now, there is a signal on both weather models, and we’ve seen this for the last couple of days, that high pressure has an increased chance of coming up around the 16th, 17th, starting to move up,” O’Reilly added.
“So it does look like around the 17th, 18th (of August) that we could see a better chance of high pressure and warm weather, so that’s something to keep an eye on and if you’re thinking that summer is over, well maybe it’s not.”
In the immediate term, it looks like we’re in for a mixed weekend on the weather front, although there will be plenty of sunny spells amidst showers that will mostly affect the north and west of the country on Friday before dying out as the day goes ahead of a mostly pleasant afternoon and evening nationwide.
Rain and breezy conditions will move in over Ulster and Connacht on Friday night and move southwards on Saturday morning but will have mostly cleared by Saturday afternoon ahead of what O’Reilly has forecast will be a “really nice” Saturday evening.
Sunday, according to Met Éireann, will begin sunny for most, especially in the north and east, with cloud from the southwest bringing patchy rain as the day progresses on a warm and humid day with highs of 21 degrees.
As previously mentioned, Monday and Tuesday look set to be the warmest days of next week, although Met Éireann has warned of “heavy or thundery downpours” amongst the sunshine, before “a fresher Atlantic regime” takes hold from around Wednesday onwards.
Check out the Met Éireann forecast for the coming days below.
Friday
Rather cloudy to begin today, especially in the north and west, with some patches of rain and drizzle, but better sunny spells will develop as the day goes on. There’ll be some well-scattered showers too, becoming isolated in the evening. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees, in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds, strongest in northern areas. Later in the evening, cloud will begin to build from the northwest.
Rain and breezy conditions will move in across Ulster and Connacht tonight. Mainly dry elsewhere with clear spells and increasing cloud. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees.
Saturday
Outbreaks of rain will continue to move southeastwards tomorrow, clearing the south coast by early afternoon. Sunny spells will follow from the north with just a few scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees in mostly moderate westerly breezes, a little fresher near the north coast.
Any showers in the northwest dying out on Saturday evening and it’ll be mainly dry with clear spells and a few mist or fog patches forming in light southerly breezes. Cloud increasing from the southwest later in the night, may bring a little drizzle to coastal parts of Munster by morning. Lowest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees.
Sunday
Some sunny spells to begin with, especially in the north and east. However, cloud will continue to gradually push up from the southwest during the day, bringing some patchy rain. Much of Leinster may stay dry but will become rather overcast by evening. Highest temperatures of 18 to 21 degrees, and becoming humid in moderate south to southwesterly breezes.
Next week
The early days of next week look warm and humid with temperatures generally in the low to mid-twenties in light southerly winds. While there will be good spells of sunshine, some heavy or thundery downpours may occur in parts too.
Current indications suggest a fresher Atlantic regime will return again by midweek.
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