Clare Weather: Friday, March 17, 2023

TODAY: Some sunny spells with showers tomorrow, St. Patrick's Day. The showers will be heavy and prolonged at times with a chance of thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees in mostly moderate south to southeast winds, decreasing light later.

TONIGHT: Some clear spells overnight but largely cloudy with scattered showers, some still heavy. Later in the night, outbreaks of rain will move in over parts of the west and northwest. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees. Mist and fog patches will form in light breezes. Moderate to fresh northwesterly winds will develop on Atlantic coasts later as the rain arrives.

TOMORROW: A wet morning with widespread outbreaks of rain, largely clearing eastwards through the morning and early afternoon. Most areas becoming dry with some sunny spells, but showery rain will affect much Ulster. Highest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees in moderate to fresh northwesterly winds, strong at times in the northwest.

TOMORROW NIGHT: Dry with clear spells for most though showery rain will continue in parts of Ulster. Cloud will build from the west later. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly winds, strong at times along northern coasts.

SUNDAY: A cloudy day with outbreaks of rain developing in the southwest, gradually extending across the country, reaching the northeast towards evening. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. Light to moderate westerly winds will back southerly in the afternoon. Overnight, the rain will turn heavy at times. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees, mildest in the southwest, in mostly moderate southerly winds.

MONDAY: Dull and wet at first, with rain tracking northeastwards, followed by sunny spells and widespread showers, heavy at times with thunderstorms possible. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in moderate, occasionally fresh, southwesterly winds.