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Réamhaisnéis Náisiúnta
22 December 2024 05:49
Inniu
Windy and cold today with widespread showers for a time, falling mainly as rain or hail, but with some sleet and snow possible this morning, mainly in the north and over hill and mountains. There'll be a few isolated thunderstorms too. The showers will gradually become more confined to the west and north through the afternoon and become less widespread, with more in the way of bright or sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees in strong and gusty westerly winds, veering northwesterly, reaching gale force in some coastal parts and strong gale force for a time in western and northern coastal parts. The winds will gradually start to moderate from the west through the afternoon and evening.
Anocht
The showers will become isolated early tonight, so it'll become mainly dry with good clear spells for a time. The winds will gradually ease too, becoming light to moderate and backing west to southwesterly. Cloud will gradually increase from the west though, with some rain and drizzle moving in across the western half of the country later in the night. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees, generally, with perhaps a touch of frost in some parts of the midlands and east for a time, but less cold further west, with temperatures there falling no lower than 4 to 7 degrees.
Amárach
Tomorrow, Monday, will be a cloudy day with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle spreading eastwards through the morning and with more for the afternoon and evening. There'll be mist and some hill and coastal fog too. Becoming milder from the west through the day with highest afternoon temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees generally, a little lower until evening time further east. Winds will be mostly light and mainly southerly at first, veering westerly and becoming mostly moderate, fresh in some western coastal areas.
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