Ireland is in for some up and down weather over the coming days before a welcome change in conditions as July unfolds.
Showers and some longer spells of rain are due along coastal areas of Leinster and Ulster overnight tonight but will clear early on Thursday morning.
Sunny spells and showers in the west will spread eastwards and extend to all areas in the afternoon, and some are due to be heavy.
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Highest temperatures will range from 15 to 19 degrees with a light to moderate west to southwest breeze.
Meanwhile, the UK Met Office has issued a status yellow rain warning for Antrim, Armagh, and Down because “heavy rain may bring localised flooding and some travel disruption.”
The alert is in place from 5:00 am on Thursday morning until 10:00 am the same day, June 30, 2022.
Friday will be similar as cloudy conditions are expected with some dry intervals in the midst of patchy drizzle to light showers at times.
The afternoon will bring more persistent rain in the west and will spread eastwards through the evening with highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees.
On Friday night, the rain will clear eastwards with clear spells and scattered showers following with lowest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees.
Saturday will be another day of mixed weather, bringing sunny spells and scattered showers - but there will be some decent dry intervals too.
Highest temperatures will range from 14 or 15 degrees in the northwest and up to 19 degrees in the southeast.
Sunday will mark the beginning of some dry and bright or sunny spells with just a few showers and highest temperatures of 19.
As for early next week, the Irish forecaster says: “A good deal of dry weather expected though there will be showers at times. Temperatures will be in the high teens to low twenties.”
July heatwave
The national forecaster has also pinpointed a moment of true summer heat in week two of July - from Friday 8 to Thursday 14.
Their predictions show “high-pressure building to the west of Ireland continuing drier than average conditions and temperature in the south and southwest of the country will be slightly above average while the rest of the country will have near average temperatures and the airflow will be quite slack. The potential for hazards should remain low.”
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