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Updated at 5pm
AN EARLIER RAINFALL warning issued today for Cork and Kerry has been extended to 13 other counties.
Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rainfall warning for a number of counties, which will remain in place until 10pm today:
The status yellow rainfall warnings in place for Cork and Kerry are valid until 8pm tonight.
Very unsettled
There’ll be some heavy showers early tonight, but these will become scattered away from the Atlantic coast and most places will become dry. Overnight temperatures will dip to lows of eight to 11 degrees.
Tomorrow will be bright with sunny spells and well scattered, mostly light, showers. Rain will develop in southwestern counties later in the afternoon, spreading further northeastwards during the evening. Highest temperatures will reach 16 to 19 degrees.
Tomorrow night will be wet and blustery with heavy rain in many places.
Met Éireann says the weather will be “very unsettled for the rest of the week” with some heavy rain also expected over the weekend.
Earlier forecast
Heavy rain and thundery showers occurred overnight and will also happen throughout the day, leading to rain of 25 to 40mm in some places.
Met Éireann says there’ll be heavy rain in many places across the country with some hill and coastal fog that will clear gradually later. Some sunny spells will develop in places but there will also be very heavy showers and some thundery downpours this afternoon. Spot flooding and hail are also expected.
It will be close and humid, will top temperatures reaching 15 to 18 degrees Celsius.
- With reporting from Gráinne Ní Aodha
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Think I’ll light the fire this evening.
@John Ryan: hot whiskey too
@Jamie: Fire, hot whiskey, Robert Peston, David Dimbleby. Gonna be a good night ….
@John Ryan: sounds like a good foursome!
Its the middle of june and the cows are in.-I’m off to build the ARC.
Looks like rain Ted
@Bennythekid: summer over early again
@Bennythekid: need an arc??????
I Noah Guy
@Bennythekid: pray for the Cavan people
First time in living memory that there is bad weather during the cert exams..
Put on my jacket going to work this morning. OH says you can’t wear that-it’s your winter jacket! Think the days of winter/summer clothes are gone!
I had the Heat on last night!
@Maire: Heat on twice last week (Robert De Niro / Al Pacino)
Grand here in Cork so far… you wouldn’t put out the washing or anything but the milk bottles would be ok
Isn’t it supposed to be gorgeous out when the kids are doing their exams?
@Mandy Seiler: All the Teachers fault! don’t blame them really! On the other hand, they are all on their Holidays!
Can’t the Healy-Raes just pray for Kerry not to flood? That’s how it works, right?
Do they give refunds for sun tan lotion?
Pretty bad out there this morning!
The monsoon season is early this year
I wouldn’t mind but it’s that fine rain, the kind of rain that soaks you through!
Trump is right, Global Warming, Fake News!
There’s a lot of berries on the holly tree. It must be winter!
@Brian Treacy: jas.s, that’s a sure sign of a bad winter ahead.
33c shade temp yesterday afternoon, too hot really
Great weather 3 months of winter and 9 months of bad weather
More local showers
No Galway? I’m shocked!
…….. and Antrim and Down.
Ahh well the farmers wanted rain back in May so how they will get it for the rest of the summer. Never happy that lot
Ah, June in Ireland
Settle
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