Electric Picnic festival-goers are in for a washout weekend in Stradbally according to the latest Irish forecasts as low pressures brings some heavy showers to the east.
Friday is due to start off mostly cloudy with scattered heavy rain in the east and showery outbreaks of rain in the west. The best of the drier, brighter conditions will be seen through the middle of the country with highest temperatures reaching 22 degrees, in light variable breezes.
The general forecast this weekend nationwide is “wet and blustery at times as a very unsettled spell begins.”
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Friday night will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain turning persistent and locally heavy at times as temperatures drop as low as 12 degrees in Ulster and Leinster, in light variable winds.
Saturday will feature a cloudy start in the morning with rain persisting in part of Ulster and Leinster throughout the day, but sunny spells and showers push into the south and west, according to predictions.
Highest temperatures will hit 18 degrees, in light to moderate southeast or variable winds, and will drop to between 8 and 13 at night time.
Met Eireann says while there is still some uncertainty about the extent of how windy it may get on Saturday night and Sunday, “generally It looks like wet and blustery conditions will extend from the south across the country on Saturday night with some heavy falls of rain at times.”
On Sunday, rain which is due to be heavy at times will gradually clear northwards in the morning, followed by sunny spells and a few showers in the afternoon.
Highest temperatures will range from 15 to 20 degrees, and will thankfully be warmest in the east, with fresh to strong and gusty cyclonic variable winds that will become southerly and moderate during the afternoon.
That night, things will get wet and blustery once again, clearing to showers from the south by morning. It’s due to remain mild with temperatures holding above 10 to 15 degrees generally in moderate to fresh and gusty east to southeast winds.
Then from Monday, “low pressure will remain, dominating the weather for the rest of the week over Ireland with further blustery showers or longer spells of rain at times and highs in the upper teens.”
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