Clare Weather - Thursday, July 27, 2023

CLOUDY and misty to start tomorrow with patchy rain and drizzle. A few bright or sunny spells will develop in the afternoon along with some scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees in light to moderate westerly winds.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK

Changeable, with unsettled conditions at times.

Many areas dry with clear spells tonight and just well scattered showers. Overnight lows of 11 to 14 degrees with mostly light southerly or variable breezes. Turning breezier near western coasts, with showers increasing in number here towards morning.

Tomorrow, a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. Becoming cloudier for a time with a spell of more persistent rain tracking eastwards over the country through the afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees in mostly moderate southwest breezes, fresh to strong and gusty along coasts.

Showers becoming generally isolated for a time tomorrow night with clear spells developing. The showers will become more frequent overnight in the west and northwest, some of them heavy. Light to moderate southwest winds will increase fresh to strong Atlantic coasts overnight. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees.

Saturday is shaping up to be a rather blustery day with sunny spells. Showers in the west will become widespread during the afternoon, with some heavy and thundery downpours, particularly in the west and northwest, leading to spot flooding. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwest to west winds, with strong winds along western coasts.

Blustery showers will continue through Saturday night, heaviest and most frequent in the north with an ongoing risk of spot flooding. Lowest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty west to southwest winds, strong on coasts.

Current indications for Sunday suggest sunny spells and scattered showers, with the showers easing during the afternoon. Cloud then building from the southwest during the afternoon and evening, with outbreaks of rain extending northeastwards later. Highest temperatures of 17 to 20 degrees with moderate to fresh west to northwest winds gradually easing and backing southwest.

Heading into next week, it will remain changeable and unsettled with showers or longer spells of rain. Breezy at times too.