National Forecast
Issued at: 28 March 2025 11:28
TODAY - Friday 28th March
Cool and breezy today with sunshine and widespread showers, some heavy and with the chance of hail and isolated thunderstorms. The showers will ease and become more isolated later in the day. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds, strong at times for western and northern coasts, moderating later.
TONIGHT
Mostly dry tonight with clear spells and isolated showers at first. Cloud will build from the west through the night with patchy rain and drizzle moving into western and southwestern parts by morning. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees in mostly light southwesterly breezes.
TOMORROW - Saturday 29th March
Some bright or sunny spells in the east at first tomorrow but otherwise cloudy with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, particularly in the southwest and west in the morning. The rain and drizzle will turn lighter and patchier as it spreads eastwards across the country along with some mist, hill and coastal fog. A clearance to drier and brighter conditions will develop in the northwest in the early afternoon, extending southeastwards through the rest of the day. Highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees with moderate to fresh south to southwest winds developing.
National Outlook
OVERVIEW: Occasional light rain and showers but overall plenty of dry weather. Turning milder too.
Saturday night: Largely dry with a mix of cloud and clear spells. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees with moderate to fresh westerly winds, easing light to moderate by morning.
Sunday: Largely dry with a mix of cloud and sunny spells with just a few light showers. Highest temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees in light to moderate westerly winds.
Sunday night: Turning mostly cloudy overnight. Dry for most though with just a few light showers, mainly in the northwest. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in light southwesterly breezes with mist and fog patches developing.
Monday: Mist and fog will clear through the morning to leave a mostly dry day with a mix of cloud and sunny spells with just isolated light showers. Highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees in light to moderate southwest to south winds. Mainly dry overnight with lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees in light to moderate south to southeast breezes. Mist and fog patches will also develop.
Tuesday: A dry day with better spells of sunshine likely. Highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees in mostly moderate southeast winds, fresh at times for southwestern coasts.
Further Outlook: Indications are that it will be mostly dry and settled as high pressure continues to dominate our weather through the rest of the working week.
Temperature circle (°C): maximum and minimum temperature forecast for each day. Wind symbol (km/h): arrow points in the direction the wind is blowing. The weather and wind icons: for the time of maximum temperature and minimum temperature.