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Mini Heatwave: Highs Of 21 Degrees Forecast This Weekend

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12:32 22 May 2019


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It looks like a mini heatwave could be on the way this weekend. Parts of Ireland could hit 21 degrees this Saturday.

According to Met Eireann, very mind weather with "relatively small amounts of rain" is expected in the run up to and including Saturday.

However, you should enjoy the good weather while you can this weekend. Temperatures are expected to fall gradually from Sunday onwards and it's set to remain unsettled with heavy rain.

In Dublin, today will be mainly dry with sunny spells and the slight chance of showers. Highs of 15 to 19 degrees. Tonight will be dry with lows of 7 to 9 degrees.

It'll be mostly cloudy tomorrow in the city with scattered outbreaks of light rain and drizzle with a good deal of dry weather. Maximum temperatures 15 to 18 Celsius.

Check out Met Eireann's forecast for the whole country for the coming days below:

National Forecast

Friday 

Dry in most areas with bright or sunny spells. A few scattered showers will occur with highs of 15 to 19 degrees.

There will be some rain in west Munster and Connacht on Friday night with lows of 6 to 11 degrees.

Saturday 

There'll be some rain and drizzle in the north and in some Atlantic coastal counties on Saturday morning. Rain will be very patchy elsewhere.

Good dry spells will develop during the afternoon in many inland areas. It will be dull and misty along Atlantic coastal counties.

Met Eireann says it will be "quite warm in any bright spells, with maximum temperatures of 16 to 21 Celsius, but cooler on Atlantic coasts".

On Saturday night, a spell of more persistent rain and drizzle will extend from the Atlantic, with freshening southwesterly winds.

Sunday 

Outbreaks of rain in the early morning will clear from the west and most of Sunday will be bright, with sunny spells developing.

There could be just a few scattered shower, most of the showers in west Ulster, Connacht and west Munster. It will be quite windy, especially in the northwest.

Turning a little cooler, with maximum temperatures of 14 to 18 Celsius.

Next Week

Early indications suggest that it will turn gradually cooler, with unsettled weather.

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