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30th May 2017

You’re going to want to make use of the weather today and tomorrow

Alan Loughnane

It promises to be the best couple of days of the week…

If you’re planning any outdoorsy stuff, today and tomorrow may be the days to try and get them done.

They promise to be the two best days on the weather front this week.

Met Éireann said that after some early showers in the country on Tuesday, things will be bright and dry.

“The rain will clear into the Irish Sea around lunchtime,” Met Éireann said. “Leaving the remainder of the day largely dry with good spells of sunshine. After a humid start it will turn fresher as the rain clears. Maximum temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees.

Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, but there will be some sunny spells, mostly in Connacht and west Ulster.

Met Éireann said: “Most areas will stay dry but patches of mist, drizzle and fog will affect some southern and eastern coastal fringes. Fairly warm with highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in moderate south to southeast breezes.”

It will all change on Thursday as a period of low pressure spreads across the country from the Atlantic bringing with it unsettled weather with some rain.

“A band of rain will reach Atlantic coastal counties early on Thursday morning and will extend gradually eastwards during the morning,” Met Éireann said.

“A clearance will reach western coastal counties during the afternoon but the rain is expected to linger for much of the day in eastern areas with some heavy bursts possible. Highest afternoon temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in moderate to fresh southerly winds.”

Friday will start out with patchy rain but that should clear over the morning leaving a fresh day with temperatures of between 14 and 18 degrees.

As for the weekend, Met Éireann said: “An area of low pressure is expected to track to the northwest of Ireland over the weekend steering a fresh, west to southwest airflow over Ireland. There will be a mixture of sunshine and showers by day, with these showers most frequent along Atlantic coastal fringes.”

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