Galway's hottest day coming as Met Eireann forecast thunderstorms after
It will be a case of two seasons in the one day
Met Eireann is forecasting one of the hottest days of the year this week will be short lived as directly afterwards the chance of thunderstorms are highly likely.
Thursday will see temperatures hit 28C across the country but the hot day will be met with equally heavy showers and possible thunderstorms in areas.
Tuesday will be warm and dry for most places with spells of sunshine, but cloud will dampen that sun in parts of Connacht with light rain or drizzle possible.
Highest temperatures of 27C will drop only slightly to 18C overnight with mild and muggy conditions warned for the west.
The rest of the week’s weather forecast is as follows:
Overview: “Warm or hot and humid conditions for a time with sunny spells. Turning cooler by the end of the week. Some showers or rain likely in parts too.”
Tomorrow: “Wednesday will bring a largely dry day with spells of sunshine to the east and southeast while staying cloudier in the west and northwest. A few showers are possible early on, but turning mainly dry for the afternoon with just some patchy outbreaks of light rain or drizzle possible in the west and southwest. A warm or hot day with highest temperatures of 20 to 28 degrees, warmest in Leinster, in a mainly light southerly breeze.”
Thursday: “Another warm or hot day with sunny spells and some further showers, especially in the west and northwest, turning heavy at times, with an isolated thunderstorm possible. Highest temperatures of 20 to 28 degrees, coolest along western coasts, in a light to moderate southwesterly wind.
Friday: “It will be a fresher day with highest temperatures falling back to between 17 and 22 degrees in a light to moderate northwesterly winds. A mix of sunny spells and scattered showers spreading from the west, becoming more isolated through the day.
The weekend: “There is some uncertainty in the forecast for the weekend with current indications showing a cooler end to the week with temperatures falling back close to average. Saturday looks like a day of sunny spells and some scattered showers while Sunday has the potential to be a wetter day.”