Limerick Weather - Thursday, August 22, 2024
A BRIGHT start to the day with sunny spells and just isolated showers in the morning. Cloud will increase during the afternoon, with rain spreading from the southwest towards evening, becoming heavy in places. Moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwesterly winds will back southerly later and strengthen in the southwest. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees.
NATIONAL OUTLOOK
The weather will continue rather cool and unsettled with further spells of rain or showers and rather windy or breezy at times. However it won't be as blustery over the weekend as recently, with some longer drier spells mixed in too and some sunshine, the best of this on Saturday.
Tonight will be wet with heavy rain and some thundery downpours, and with the possibility of coastal and surface water flooding. The rain will clear northeastwards from most parts overnight. It'll be windy too, especially across southern and southwestern areas, with strong to gale force and gusty southerly winds, veering west to northwesterly and decreasing fresh to strong. Winds will be lighter and cyclonic variable for a time further north as an area of low pressure tracks in over the country. Lowest temperatures of nine to 12 degrees.
Tomorrow will be a blustery day with sunshine and showers, some of them heavy. The showers will be most frequent in the north and west, with the chance of a few isolated thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees in mostly fresh and gusty westerly winds, backing southwesterly, the winds stronger in coastal parts of the west and north.
Showers will become mainly confined to the west and north tomorrow night, with long clear spells elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees with southwesterly winds decreasing mostly moderate overland, fresher in coastal parts of the west and northwest.
Saturday will be a bright day with sunshine and showers, some heavy. There'll be good dry spells too, especially further to the east and south. While Saturday won't be as blustery in general as previous days, it'll still be a breezy day with moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty westerly winds and the winds will still be strong at times in coastal parts of the north and northwest. The winds will generally decrease mostly light to moderate later in the evening. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees.
Saturday night will bring a lot of dry weather overall with clear spells, though there'll be some well scattered showers in the west and northwest. Lowest temperatures of sevene to 11 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.
Sunday will start off mostly dry, with some sunshine for a time. However it's likely to become cloudier for a time from the west with some showery rain spreading eastwards. Becoming drier and brighter again later. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees.
After a mainly dry start to Monday, it looks like weather will become more unsettled once again early next week, with further spells of wet and blustery weather on the way.