Friday, 25 October, 2013 __Forecasts for Ireland___ TODAY ... Rain will be heavy at times and possibly thundery in places, with one band gradually moving across the north this morning, followed by a second band of showers or heavier rain spreading northeast this afternoon. In between there could be several hours of pleasant, very mild conditions with a few breaks in the overcast and highs of 15-17 C. The rainfall bands will bring totals of 15-30 mm (some of which has already fallen in most places). Winds becoming moderate southerly 30-50 km/hr. TONIGHT ... Rain finally ending with some clearing for a time in the west, staying rather mild with lows 6-9 C. SATURDAY ... Breezy, showers or periods of rain redeveloping from around sunrise in the west to mid-morning east, lows 5-7 C and highs 12-15 C. Winds WSW 30-50 km/hr and rainfalls 5-15 mm. There could be some improvement later afternoon in the west. SUNDAY ... Partly cloudy, showers (5-10 mm) and stronger winds developing from early morning in Donegal and morning across Connacht and rest of Ulster, mid-day and early afternoon elsewhere (WSW 50-80 km/hr) with lows 7-9 C and highs about 13 or 14 C. Slight risk of stronger gusts in some coastal regions. A secondary low that will bring very strong winds to southern England will likely miss Ireland to the south but the Wexford coast could feel some strong northerly gusts just after it hits land in Cornwall around 0500h Monday morning. MONDAY ... Strong winds will probably abate for a time during the early morning hours except near the south coast possibly, but then will redevelop from the west to northwest by morning across most regions with gusts to perhaps 70-80 km/hr. Except for some rain across the south coast early morning, skies could clear briefly in the morning, then further showers are likely in the windy conditions later. Morning lows 3-5 C except 7-9 C south, and afternoon highs 9-12 C but feeling quite cold in strong winds. Risk of hail showers in west and north by afternoon, longer dry spells and sunny intervals in south and east. FURTHER OUTLOOK ... After a rather cold start to Tuesday with lows 1-3 C, it will likely return to an unsettled and mild pattern rather quickly, and highs will continue to hover in the low teens, possibly reaching about 15 C on one or two occasions later in the week as the storm track returns further north. This mild and breezy pattern seems likely to continue for a good part of November too. __Forecasts for Britain___ TODAY and TONIGHT ... Very mild with outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, but also a few breaks more frequent in southeast England, highs 15-18 C. Overnight lows very mild, 10-13 C. SATURDAY ... Mild, breezy, some clear intervals developing briefly then followed by more showers or periods of rain at times, heavier in western districts and across most of Scotland, with highs about 14-16 C. SUNDAY-MONDAY ... Windy at times, and risk of a spell of very strong southwest gales in southern England on Monday with gusts to 110 km/hr. Highs generally 10-12 C but 14 C near Channel. These very strong winds will also affect northern France and ferry sailings may be delayed or cancelled. OUTLOOK ... Somewhat colder late Monday and Tuesday but then back to a mild and unsettled pattern with occasional strong winds. __Forecasts for North America___ Continued rather cold in the eastern U.S. and much of eastern-central Canada, but somewhat milder in parts of the plains states and Midwest where highs could return to normal values near 15 C. Another cold push will follow for the weekend but it wont be as cold as the past few days. The west remains largely warm and dry but the western prairies will begin to turn much colder later today as winds veer from west to north, temperatures will drop from mid-teens to near freezing with snow flurries possible. This will only be a glancing blow in regions west of the Rockies and temperatures will fall more gradually there. It should remain warm and dry in the far western U.S. ... My local weather on Thursday was once again sunny and very pleasant at 16 C. -- Peter for IWO
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:47:10 +0000
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