Thursday, 6 November, 2014 Forecasts for Ireland ALERT maintained for heavy rain and gusty winds. Full moon occurs tonight at 10:23 p.m. TODAY ... Windy and mild with some heavy bursts of rain, mainly over north and west this morning then spreading to central counties mid-day and east coast by late afternoon, although sporadic light rain may come and go before this main band arrives. Eventually, rainfall totals of 20-25 mm are likely, with spot flooding possible. Strong southerly winds gusting to about 90 km/hr are likely to ease gradually, although a weak squall line will bring a few gusts to north Leinster and Dublin regions. One or two thunderstorms could develop between Mullingar and Navan and south into Laois and Kildare. There could be a few glimpses of sun or at least brighter intervals mainly over south central counties and highs will reach about 14 C. TONIGHT ... Rain will become heavy over Leinster and a further 10-20 mm could fall from Wexford north to Dublin, while rain tapers off to drizzly showers elsewhere, with moderate westerly winds developing after an interval of calm as low pressure forms over the Irish Sea. Lows 7-9 C east, 3-7 C west. FRIDAY ... Sunny intervals for the east with isolated showers developing, cloudy for west and north, partly cloudy for south, more widespread showers that could turn heavy in parts of west Munster. Highs 9-11 C. Rainfalls about 10-15 mm west, considerably less during the day east, but even so, the overnight rain may produce morning flooding lasting a few hours in low spots. SATURDAY ... Variable cloud, showers or periods of light rain, lows 3-5 C and highs 8-11 C. SUNDAY ... Breezy to windy at times (west to northwest) with showers, lows about 3-5 C and highs 8-10 C. MONDAY ... Intervals of rain, milder, highs near 13 C. TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY ... After a brief dry spell early Tuesday, another system is likely to bring moderate or heavy rainfall especially for southern counties, with highs near 10 C. FURTHER OUTLOOK ... Some chance of a colder turn developing, although nothing too extreme can be identified from present guidance. My local weather on Wednesday was overcast with light rain at times, and highs near 13 C. -- Peter for IWO
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:03:12 +0000
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