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Irish Mirror
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Ailbhe Daly

Irish weather forecast: Ireland to get thunderstorms as 'steering low' in Atlantic feeds bands of showers

Keep your umbrellas nearby as Ireland is set to be lashed on this week.

Unsettled weather with rainy spells every day is the current forecast with the west coast set to take the worst of the damp weather.

Tuesday will start dry but rain will have formed by the early afternoon, moving eastwards to all areas.

And Tuesday night won’t be much better with temperatures dipping as low as 5C in parts.

Met Eireann said: “The rain will clear eastwards overnight on Tuesday with scattered showers moving into the west.

“Lows of five to eight degrees with fresh southeast winds veering westerly as the rain clears and moderating.”

Wednesday will be the best of the miserable days this week with dry spells expected in many areas.

It’ll be windy across the country and the Atlantic coastal counties will again see rain but it will remain between 11-14C for the day.

A forecaster added: “Many areas will stay dry for the day with sunny spells and moderate southerly breezes.

“However, showers will affect Atlantic coastal counties, and some of these will move further inland through the day. Blustery at times here also. Highest temperatures 11 to 14 degrees.”

However, Wednesday night will see heavy showers lash the west and south, continuing into Thursday morning.

It’s set to get thundery from Thursday onwards, with just the east of Ireland getting to enjoy dry and bright weather.

The weather chiefs said: “A steering low in the nearby Atlantic will feed in bands of showers with blustery southwest winds up along the Atlantic coastline and some thundery downpours.

“The best of the dry and bright weather will occur across eastern half of Ireland. Temperatures will reach the low teens at best.”

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