Clare Weather -Thursday, June 8

REMAINING dry and breezy today. A mostly cloudy morning with hazy sunny spells developing through the afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures of 15 to 17 degrees in moderate to fresh easterly winds.

Tonight: Other than some high cloud it will be dry and mostly clear. Cloud will thicken in the south and southwest later in the night, with a slight chance of some patchy rain near southwestern fringes by morning. Lowest temperatures of 9 degrees in Ulster and up to a mild 15 degrees in parts of Munster. All in light to moderate easterly breezes.

Friday: There will generally be more cloud about on Friday although there will still be some long sunny spells. While it will be mostly dry again, a shower or two cant be ruled out in the south. Highest temperatures of 19 to 25 degrees, warmest in the midwest, in light to moderate east to southeast winds.

Friday night: Mostly dry with a mix of cloud and clear spells. A few isolated showery outbreaks are possible in the south, mainly towards morning. It will be a warm night especially in the southwest with lowest temperatures not falling below 11 to 16 degrees in mostly light easterly winds.

Saturday: Warm and muggy with the best of the sunny spells in the morning, although in Munster, showery outbreaks of rain will likely be ongoing in the morning and they will extend northwards through the afternoon and evening, with a few heavier burst possible in the west. Highest temperatures of 18 to 25 degrees, warmest in Connacht in mostly moderate southeasterly winds.

Saturday night: The bulk of the showery rain will clear the north early in the night, but some isolated showers are possible overnight. It will feel quite oppressively warm and humid overnight with temperatures not falling below 14 to 16 degrees while southeasterly winds will be light at best.

Sunday: Another warm and humid day on Sunday, with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers, some may be thundery in nature also. Winds will be mostly light and variable, offering little relief from the humid conditions and highest temperatures of 21 to 24 degrees.