Thursday, 31 October, 2013 Forecasts for Ireland TODAY ... Some dry intervals between showers in east to start, cloudy with rain developing in south and west, and highs 12-14 C. Rainfalls about 5-10 mm. Moderate southwest winds 40-60 km/hr. TONIGHT ... Cloudy with a few showers or periods of light rain, lows 7-9 C. FRIDAY ... Possible heavy rain at times in the south (another low will track past Ireland to the south) and showers further north, winds variable and sometimes light but picking up again later in the day to W 40-60 km/hr and highs near 12 C. Potential for 20-30 mm rainfalls in south. SATURDAY ... Breezy and possibly windy at times, showers or periods of rain, winds SSW 40-70 km/hr veering to westerly later, lows 5-7 C and highs somewhat cooler 9-11 C. A further 20-30 mm rain possible, some spot flooding likely to develop inland south. SUNDAY ... Rather chilly and wet with highs only around 6 to 8 C except closer to 11 C in Munster. Winds could turn more to the east or northeast in Ulster, Leinster and north Connacht. This might produce fog or mist closer to the weak frontal boundary. Once again the rainfalls are likely to be heavier in the south with 10-15 mm possible there. OUTLOOK ... That slightly cooler turn does not seem to have much staying power and it will likely turn milder again with very mild conditions mid-week in a strong southwest flow, then becoming even more windy or possibly stormy towards the end of next week and the weekend of 9-10 November. Forecasts for Britain TODAY ... Mild and breezy with showers at times, and highs 12-14 C. TONIGHT into FRIDAY ... Heavy rain likely in the south, slight risk of strong wind gusts near Channel as a low follows a similar track to Sunday nights event although at a different time of day and not appearing quite as strong on the charts (also not likely to deepen any more than its moderate strength in England). Overnight lows 8-10 C, and highs about 14-15 C in the south and 11-13 C elsewhere. Some rainfalls of 25-50 mm possible. OUTLOOK ... Similar trends to Ireland over the weekend and beyond, as a frontal boundary slowly presses south. Some parts of Scotland could see a touch of snow on hills at least around Sunday, but its more likely to be a cold drizzly rain lower down in Scotland and much of northern England, while staying closer to 10-12 C in the south. Forecasts for North America The secondary severe weather season has arrived -- heavy storms with some severe weather will extend from around Chicago to New Orleans today and from about Detroit to northwest Florida by tonight. This very active front will continue to bring storms to the east coast on Friday. However, today there will be cloudy and warm with highs near 23 C as far north as NYC and 15 C in New England in strong southerly winds. Turning colder in stages across the northern and central plains states, but not a severe drop in temperatures, just back to more normal values near 10 C. Unsettled across the Rockies with snow in many higher elevations, and rain moving onto the west coast to end a three-week dry spell there. My local weather on Wednesday was cloudy with light rain arriving after 4 p.m., and the high was about 14 C. -- Peter for IWO
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:20:48 +0000
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