Dublin
Issued at: 21 January 2025 17:00
TONIGHT
Mainly dry tonight with some mist and fog forming once again in a light southerly or variable breeze. Some frost patches developing too with lowest temperatures of 2 or 3 degrees.
Solar UV Index
Low
TOMORROW - Wednesday 22nd January
Any mist and fog will slowly clear to sunny spells and isolated showers tomorrow. Highest temperatures of 7 or 8 degrees in light southwest to west winds.
National Outlook
Overview: Becoming very unsettled from Thursday night with very strong winds and heavy rain developing.
Wednesday night: Dry for most at first with clear spells and well scattered showers. Cloud will build from the west overnight with showery outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards. Becoming breezier with winds increasing moderate southwesterly. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees.
Thursday: Wet on Thursday morning with rain becoming widespread. The rain will clear to scattered showers and sunny spells in the afternoon, with the chance of hail. The showers will become isolated through the evening with cloud building from the southwest. Blustery in moderate to fresh westerly winds and highest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees.
Thursday night: Current indications suggest conditions will turn wet and windy Thursday night. Southerly winds will become very strong and gusty as rain spreads from the southwest becoming widespread overnight. The rain, heavy at first, will possibly turn to sleet or snow locally. Cold initially with lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees but temperatures turning very mild from the south through the night.
Friday: There is some uncertainty in the forecast for Friday but it is expected to be a very windy day with near gale force westerly winds developing, potentially reaching gale force in places. The rain will clear to sunshine and showers through the day, some of which may turn wintry. Highest afternoon temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.
Friday night: Further wintry showers are possible Friday night, mainly over the north and west. Drier and clearer conditions further east. Southwest winds will ease moderate to fresh overnight with lowest temperatures of degrees 0 to 3 degrees.
Next weekend: Remaining very unsettled at the weekend with strong winds and the potential for further heavy rainfall.
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.