Secure your Electric Picnic tents in Stradbally as Met Éireann has a blustery wet weather forecast

Enjoying day one at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally. Pic: Alf Harvey

placeholder image — Enjoying day one at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally. Pic: Alf Harvey

Met Éireann puts Electric Picnic partyers on notice of unsettled spells of rain and showers

The Electric Picnic party might be dampened down for a while on Saturday with Met Éireann forecasting wet and windy weather, though it looks set to clear Stradbally in the afternoon.

A mainly sunny and dry Friday was due to be followed by a dry night early on with just a few isolated showers. However, Met Éireann says cloud will build from the southwest later on with outbreaks of rain moving into parts of Ireland by dawn Saturday.

Electric Picnicers will have to dress for the rain or stay in their tents early Saturday because Met Éireann warns the rain will become widespread through the morning, heavy at times and accompanied by fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds.

However, there will be clearance to sunny spells and blustery showers through the afternoon when highest temperatures will peak at between 18 and 21 degrees. MORE BELOW PICTURE.

Day one fun in Stradbally. Picture: Alf Harvey

Saturday night will be breezy with spells of rain, heavy at times in the north and west but Stradbally looks likely to escape as clear spells and scattered showers elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 14 degrees.

The fresh to strong and gusty southwesterly winds will ease to mostly moderate to fresh and gusty by Sunday morning.

Day three in Stradbally will be breezy day with a mix of cloud and sunny spells. Scattered showers will move eastwards over the country, heavy at times with isolated thunderstorms possible and with longer spells of rain in the northwest.

The best of the dry and sunny intervals will be in the east and southeast. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees with fresh and gusty south or southwest winds, moderating during the evening.

Sunday night will bring variable cloud with showers or longer spells of rain. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees in moderate to fresh west or southwest winds, strong along Atlantic coasts.

Monday is departure day for Picnicers. The day will feature sunny spells but also widespread showers expected for much of the day, heavy or possible thundery at times. The showers will ease during the evening and will become mostly confined to the western half of the country. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 or 19 degrees in in moderate to fresh west or southwest winds, strong along Atlantic coasts.