Weather

Updated / March 26, 2017 04:52

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Leinster Overview

Today

Continuing sunny and dry this evening. Temperatures will quickly drop after sunset and there will be a light easterly breeze.

Tonight

Dry and clear overnight with lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees; frost in a few sheltered places only. Some mist or possibly fog may form for a few hours.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be dry and sunny with highs of 12 to 15 degrees and light to moderate east winds, but again cooler along the coast due to an freshening onshore wind.

Munster Overview

Today

Continuing sunny and dry this evening. Temperatures will quickly drop after sunset and there will be a light easterly breeze.

Tonight

Dry and clear overnight with lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees; frost in a few sheltered places only. Some mist or possibly fog may form for a few hours.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be dry and sunny with light to moderate east winds and highs of 12 to 15 degrees, but again cooler along the south coast due to an freshening onshore wind.

Connacht Overview

Today

Continuing sunny and dry this evening. Temperatures will quickly drop after sunset and there will be a light easterly breeze.

Tonight

Dry and clear overnight with lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees; frost in a few sheltered places only. Some mist or possibly fog may form for a few hours.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be dry and sunny with highs of 12 to 16 degrees and a light to moderate easterly wind.

Ulster Overview

Today

Continuing sunny and dry this evening. Temperatures will quickly drop after sunset and there will be a light east or variable breeze.

Tonight

Dry and clear overnight with lowest temperatures of -1 to 2 degrees; frost in a few sheltered places only. Some mist or possibly fog may form for a few hours.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be dry and sunny with highs of 12 to 16 degrees and a light to moderate easterly wind.

National Summary

Today

Dry, clear and cold overnight, with lowest temperatures ranging from -1 to +4 C., with grass frost in places and also some patchy mist and fog.

Tomorrow

A cool start to Sunday, but with the mist, fog and frost soon clearing. Sunny in the morning, but the sunshine is likely to be more hazy in nature during the afternoon, with some clouds in places. Fresh along the south and east coasts, with temperatures of 11 or 12 C., in moderate to fresh easterly winds, but warm elsewhere, with highs of 15 to 17 C., best of all in western areas.

Outlook

Monday: The dry settled weather continues into the start of next week with many places continuing to have good sunshine through the day. Southeasterly winds will freshen slightly and that will keep it cooler along eastern and southern coasts with highs of 11 to 13 degrees. But temperatures over the western half of the country will rise up to around 15 or 16 degrees in the bright sunshine. During the evening and night outbreaks of showery rain will develop over Munster and gradually spread northwards.Tuesday: A rather cloudy day with scattered outbreaks of rain, but good dry periods too. Moderate southerly breezes and highs of 12 to 14 degrees.Wednesday: Further outbreaks of rain, turning heavy in many western counties during the day. Further heavy falls of showery rain overnight.Rest of the week: Unsettled with rain at times.

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Coastal Reports

Malin Head Automatic

East, 5 Knots, Fair, 8 Miles, 1030, Falling slowly

Dublin Airport

North-Northeast, 9 Knots, Fine, 16 Miles, 1028, Falling slowly

Buoy M5 51° 41'N 6° 42'W

Northeast, 18 Knots, Wave ht: 1.3 m, The visibility at Tuskar is greater than 10 Miles, Pressure not available, Pressure tendency not available

Roches Point Automatic

North-Northeast, 10 Knots, Fair, 7 Miles, 1025, Falling slowly

Sherkin Island Automatic

Northeast, 8 Knots, Fair, 26 Miles, 1025, Falling slowly

Valentia Automatic

East, 9 Knots, Cloudy, 24 Miles, 1025, Falling slowly

Mace Head Automatic

East, 11 Knots, Fair, 26 Miles, 1027, Falling slowly

Belmullet Automatic

Northeast, 4 Knots, Fair, 11 Miles, 1028, Falling slowly

Buoy M2 53° 29'N, 5° 26'W

North-Northeast, 12 Knots, Wave ht:0.4 m, 1027, Falling slowly

Buoy M3 51° 13'N, 10° 33'W

Northeast, 9 Knots, Wave ht: 2.8 m, 1024, Falling slowly

Buoy M4 55° 0'N 10° 0'W

East, 7 Knots, Wave height not available, 1029, Falling slowly

Buoy M6 53° 4'N 15° 56'W

East, 7 Knots, Wave ht: 1.9 m, 1027, Falling slowly

Sea Area Forecast

Sea Area Forecast untill 0000 Monday 27 March 2017 Issued at 0000 Sunday 26 March 2017

Meteorological Situation at 2100: An Anticyclone of 1032 hPa centred over Scotland will drift eastwards over the next 24hrs. A depression of 1010 hPa., near the north coast of Spain will edge slowly northwestwards. The easterly flow over Ireland will freshen.

Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Howth Head to Roches Point to Loop Head and the South Irish Sea

Wind: Northeast force 3 to 5, increasing east to northeast force 4 to 6 and gusty on Sunday morning - winds will be strongest along the south coast, between Carnsore Point and Valentia. Winds will decrease easterly force 3 to 5 Sunday evening and early Sunday night.

Weather: Fair or fine

Visibility: Good.

Forecast for Irish coastal waters from Loop Head to Malin Head to Howth Head and the North Irish Sea

Wind: Northeast to east force 2 or 3, becoming easterly force 3 or 4 during the morning and possibly touching force 5 on parts of the north and northeast coasts at times.

Weather: Fair or fine

Visibility: Good.

Outlook for a further 24 hours until 0000 Tuesday 28 March 2017: Moderate or fresh east to southeasterly winds. Fair or fine at first, but some rain developing on the southwest coast towards the end of the period.