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Darragh Berry

Dublin weather as UK speculate 'three month HEATWAVE', Met Eireann says forecast to take a turn for Ireland on Thursday

Met Eireann has said that Thursday will be mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle.

The amounts will be small but are sure to put a dampener on our sizzling summer weather so far.

Thursday afternoon and evening will become mainly dry as the rain and drizzle mostly die out.

Highest temperatures will be 14 to 17 degrees with light breezes.

The Met Office has claimed it is "too early" to predict if Britain will bask in its hottest summer ever - but suggested temperatures WILL be higher than usual.

Experts dismissed reports we are in for a scorching summer as premature because it is too soon to accurately forecast for that period.

Although the Met Office does issue "advice" for periods of up to three months, these are "risk assessments" to help councils and other bodies.

The latest advice notice reads: "For May-July, above-average temperatures are more likely than below-average."

And a forecaster told Mirror Online today: "These risk assessments aren't for public consumption. They are merely risk assessments, not forecasts.

"It is too soon to predict accurately a forecast for the whole summer.

"We forecast accurately for the next six to 30 days.

"This is on our website and we regularly tweet forecasts."

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