LAST UPDATE | 8 Jul 2023

CONDITIONS FOR THE next few days are expected to be “largely unsettled” with both sunshine and heavy rain forecast. 

Status Yellow wind warnings were in place nationwide until midday today, with Met Éireann estimating “unseasonably strong” winds for all counties.

The UK’s Met Office had also issued similar warnings for all counties in Northern Ireland. 

This afternoon is forecast to be mostly dry with sunny spells expected, apart from a few showers in the west of Ireland. Highest temperatures are estimated to be between 18 and 22 degrees.

Tonight, dry weather with clear spells are expected in many parts at first, but showers will begin to feed up from the south towards the west of the country by early tonight.

Showers will turn heavy and possibly thundery overnight – potentially merging to longer spells of rain at times. It will stay mainly dry in Ulster, according to Met Éireann. Cooler temperatures are expected than previous nights, with lows of 9 to 12 degrees.

Tomorrow, the wet weather is expected to continue with a mix of sunny spells and rain. Some of the showers will be heavy with thundery downpours and a risk of spot flooding. There will be highs of 17 to 21 degrees.

Tomorrow night showers will die out in most places, however outbreaks of rain could affected much of the southern half of the country by morning, as it moves from the southeast. Lows of 9 to 13 degrees in light southerly breezes.

The national forecaster says weather is expected to be “largely unsettled” for the remainder of the week ahead.

With reporting by Hayley Halpin