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Rain and drizzle mostly clearing this evening but remaining cloudy and rather misty. Light westerly winds.
Staying rather cloudy tonight with scattered showers in light to moderate westerly winds. Winds will veer northerly overnight with patchy light rain, drizzle and mist spreading down from the north. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees.
Damp and mostly cloudy to begin on Monday with patchy light rain, drizzle and mist at first. Brightening up from the north through the morning and becoming dry with sunny spells for the afternoon. Highs of 7 to 9 degrees in a moderate northerly breeze.
Rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the east and northeast clearing into the Irish Sea early this evening. Scattered showers with some clearer conditions in Atlantic counties will continue to spread eastwards. Mostly light to moderate westerly winds.
Rather cloudy tonight with some clear spells and with showers merging to longer spells of rain at times, mainly in the west. Later in the night, cloud with patchy rain and drizzle will spread down from the north. Mist and fog patches will form as winds fall light westerly or variable, becoming northerly by morning. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees.
Cloud with patchy light rain and drizzle, will continue to clear southwards on Monday morning with cooler, clearer and sunnier conditions extending from the north. Isolated showers will occur in the afternoon, especially over Leinster. Light to moderate northerly breezes will be fresher near the east coast. Highest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees.
HEADLINE: Turning progressively colder through the coming week with an increasing chance of frost and icy patches and the potential for some wintry precipitation at times. MONDAY NIGHT: Mainly dry with light northerly or variable winds. A widespread frost setting in with lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees with icy patches possible. Patchy mist and fog also. TUESDAY: Any mist, fog and frost will gradually clear through Tuesday morning to leave a dry day with plenty of sunshine for most. A few showers are possible along northern and northwestern coasts. Cloud will increase in western and northwestern counties towards evening. Afternoon highs will range 5 to 8 degrees in light, variable breezes. Dry and cold with a mix of cloud and clear spells for most on Tuesday night. Cloudier and milder conditions near Atlantic coasts, however, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle developing overnight. Lowest air temperatures of -2 to +3 degrees, with frost and icy patches. Light southerly or variable breezes will allow mist and fog patches to form. WEDNESDAY: Wednesday will be a cloudier day overall with showers or longer spells of rain. Mist and fog could be quite slow to clear in the morning. Maximum temperatures will range 4 to 7 degrees generally, coldest in Ulster. Winds will be light and variable in direction. Outbreaks of rain in the west and south will gradually clear southwards on Wednesday night with colder clearer conditions following from the north. Minimum temperatures will fall to between -2 and +2 degrees. Showers will develop on northern and northwestern coasts towards morning, some heavy with a risk of hail and sleet. Winds will be light to moderate northerly. THURSDAY: Thursday looks set to be a rather chilly day. Plenty of sunshine indicated over the western half of the country, but cloudier periods further east with scattered showers, mainly in northern and eastern coastal counties. Some of the showers could be wintry in nature, especially about higher terrain. Afternoon highs of just 2 to 6 degrees in light to moderate northerly winds, freshening on coasts later. FRIDAY and NEXT WEEKEND: Current indications suggest a good deal of dry and bright weather in a cold northerly airflow for the first few days of meteorological winter, with scattered showers mainly confined to northern, western and eastern coasts. Uncertainty increases from Sunday, however.
Northerly winds will reach force 6 at times on all Irish coasts.
Issued: 26 November 2023 16:56
South, 10 Knots, Recent drizzle, 8 Miles, 1009, Falling slowly
South-Southeast, 9 Knots, Mist, 7 Miles, 1011, Falling slowly
South, 15 Knots, Wave ht: 1.4 m, The visibility at Tuskar is greater than 10 Miles, 1011, Falling slowly
South, 5 Knots, Fog thickening, 0.2 Miles, 1010, Falling slowly
West, 9 Knots, Mist, 4 Miles, 1011, Rising slowly
West-Southwest, 6 Knots, Cloudy, 14 Miles, 1011, Steady
Southwest, 11 Knots, Cloudy, 9 Miles, 1009, Steady
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South-Southeast, 14 Knots, Wave ht: 1.1 m, 1011, Falling slowly
West, 11 Knots, Wave ht: 2.3 m, 1012, Steady
South-Southwest, 11 Knots, Wave ht: 2.9 m, 1008, Steady
West, 17 Knots, Wave ht: 3.3 m, 1009, Rising slowly
Sea Area Forecast until 1200 Monday 27 November 2023. Issued at 1200 Sunday 26 November 2023.
Meteorological Situation at 0900: An occluded front associated with a low pressure system of 1002hPa centred to the northwest of Ireland tracks eastwards over the country today.
Wind: Southwest force 4 or 5. Imminent decreasing force 3 or 4. Soon veering west to northwest. Later increasing northeast force 5 or 6.
Weather: Patchy rain and drizzle clearing eastwards to scattered showers, some heavy.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Wind: Veering westerly force 4 or 5 imminent, but southerly in the Irish Sea. Possibly reaching force 6 for a time in the North Channel. Later veering northerly and increasing force 5 or 6, strongest in the east and southeast.
Weather: Patchy rain and drizzle clearing eastwards to scattered showers, some heavy.
Visibility: Decreasing moderate or poor in precipitation.
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 1200 Tuesday 28 November 2023: Moderate to fresh northerly winds, moderate to fresh on western coasts. Winds becoming light to moderate northwesterly or variable in all sea areas by the end of period. Weather: Fair with isolated showers.
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