Leinster
Issued at: 22 January 2025 13:00
TODAY - Wednesday 22nd January
Largely dry today with well scattered showers. Some sunny spells but a good deal of cloud about with fog lingering in some places all day. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 Celsius in light southwest or variable breezes.
TONIGHT
Showers will die out tonight and it will become rather cold with clear spells and a touch of frost possible. There will be patches of fog also. However, towards morning southerly winds will increase moderate, clearing the fog and any frost. Outbreaks of rain may develop in the west towards morning. Lowest temperatures of zero to 4 Celsius.
Solar UV Index
Low
TOMORROW - Thursday 23rd January
It will turn blustery on Thursday morning as rain extends from the west to all parts. The rain will be heavy and possibly thundery at times. It will clear to sunny spells and scattered showers through the late morning. Some of the showers will be heavy, possibly thundery, and with hail but they will largely die out by evening. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 Celsius. Moderate to fresh and gusty southerly winds, strong at times near the south coast, will veering west to southwest with clearance and gradually ease southerly through the afternoon.
National Outlook
Headline: Storm Eowyn will bring powerful and disruptive winds over Ireland on Thursday night and during Friday along with some transient snowfall in the northwest.
Thursday night: Becoming very stormy on Thursday night. Largely dry early on Thursday night with clear spells and perhaps a touch of frost. However, outbreaks of rain will move in quickly from the Atlantic, extending across much of Munster and Connacht before midnight, before spreading nationwide. The rain will turn to sleet and snow for a time in Connacht and Ulster with the potential for some temporary accumulations causing hazardous travelling conditions. Turning very windy with strong to gale force southeast winds, veering southerly overnight. It will turn extremely windy by dawn on Friday. Lowest temperatures of zero to +4 degrees.
Friday: The centre of Storm Eowyn will track just off the northwest coast on Friday morning with a swathe of extremely strong and damaging winds extending across the country bringing disruption. Gale Force southwest winds over land, will veer westerly by afternoon with Storm Force winds likely in some coastal areas. There'll be scattered squally showers and more persistent rain is likely across the north of the country. Showers will turn increasingly wintry as the day progresses. Maximum afternoon temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees but feeling much colder due to the wind-chill factor. On Friday night, winds will begin to abate but it will stay rather blustery. A cold night with clear spells and scattered showers, some wintry. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +3 degrees with some frost possible towards dawn on Saturday as winds continue to ease.
Saturday: A cold and frosty start on Saturday with sunny spells and a few wintry showers in the northwest. Later in the morning, an organised band of showers will push in from the Atlantic and extent eastwards across the country giving some wintry falls. Maximum temperatures of 3 to 8 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds. Cold and frosty on Saturday night with lowest temperatures of -3 to +2 degrees.
Sunday: It looks set to turn wet and windy on Sunday with outbreaks of rain spreading from the south. Maximum temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in strong and gusty south to southeast winds with gales at the coast.
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.