Mixed weather forecast for second day of National Ploughing Championships

There will be mixed weather forecast on the second day of the National Ploughing Championships according to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast.

According to Met Eireann, after wet and windy weather tonight, there will be damp start on Wednesday. Any lingering overnight rain, drizzle and fog will clear eastwards in the morning. It'll be mostly cloudy in the morning with just limited bright spells, but there's likely to be more in the way of sunny spells through the afternoon.

Later in the evening, some rain may start to encroach into southern coastal areas. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees with fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, strong or near gale force near western and northern coasts.

Showery outbreaks of rain will push up from the south, mainly affecting Munster and Leinster with some heavy falls possible on Wednesday night. Staying largely dry in Ulster and Connacht with the longest clear spells in the northwest. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 13 degrees in mostly light to moderate southwesterly winds, fresh at first in the north and west and strengthening near southern coasts by morning.

According to met Eireann, further showery outbreaks of rain likely in the south and east on Thursday though with dry intervals at times. Drier and sunnier in the north and west with a few showers. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees generally with light to moderate southwesterly winds, fresher near southern and northwestern coasts.