ALERT: Met Eireann issues Thunderstorm Warning amid blistering temperatures forecast for Ireland
ALERT: Met Eireann issues Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Ireland with hot and humid day ahead
Met Eireann has issued a Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Ireland for Friday with a hot and humid day ahead.
The warning has been issued for Clare and Galway with Met Eireann warning of 'active thunderstorms' up to 9am.
According to Met Eireann, Friday will be humid with thunderstorms active in the west. Becoming a very warm and hot day with long spells of sunshine. A few showers may break out with further thunderstorms.
Highest temperatures of 24 to 29 degrees for the majority of the country, feeling slightly milder in Munster and south Leinster with highest temperatures of 20 to 23 degrees.
Mainly dry with cloudier conditions across the country spreading from the west overnight. Isolated showers are possible in parts of Ulster and Leinster. Mild with temperatures not falling below 12 to 17 degrees.
Saturday will be warm with good sunny spells across most the country with cloudier conditions in the west. Scattered showers will occur across the country, some heavy and possibly thundery at times. Highest temperatures of 19 to 25 degrees, warmest across the eastern half of the country, all in a light to moderate southwest wind.