Clare Weather: Sunday, February 4, 2024
Cloudy for a time this Sunday with rain and drizzle, becoming mostly confined to Ulster into the afternoon, where it'll be persistent in parts.
Drier and becoming a little brighter elsewhere with some sunny spells, the best chance across Munster and south Leinster.
Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty southwest winds.
National Outlook
Overview: Continuing mild for the rest of the bank holiday weekend. Some bright spells, but overall a good lot of cloud with some mostly light rain and drizzle at times, though good long dry spells for most too with high pressure continuing its influence. Breezy at times.
The weather will turn a bit more changeable and unsettled then next week with pressure dropping, bringing more in the way of persistent and heavy rain at times, though some drier, brighter weather at times too. Temperatures will fluctuate through next week with alternating mild and colder spells.
Sunday night: There'll be some clear spells, but overall a good lot of cloud with a little patchy light rain and drizzle at times, especially further west. Some mist too. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in mostly moderate southwest winds, occasionally fresh and gusty at times in some coastal parts.
Monday: A few bright spells, the best of these further east, but mostly cloudy and while there'll be plenty of dry weather, there'll be scattered patches of light rain and drizzle around, especially in western parts. Highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees. Breezy; with fresh and gusty southwest winds, becoming strong at times in coastal parts of the northwest and west.
Monday night: A cold front will start to move down from the northwest on Monday night, bringing persistent and at times heavier rain, mainly into the north and west, while staying drier further to the south and east. Continuing breezy with fresh and gusty southwest winds, stronger in some coastal parts. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees.
Tuesday: will be a cloudy day with that band of rain continuing to move down across the country, persistent and heavy at times. Still mild for many for much of the day, but drier, clearer and colder weather will start to follow from the north. Highest afternoon temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees in parts of the north, to between 9 and 12 degrees elsewhere. Breezy with the rain with mostly fresh, occasionally strong and gusty southwest winds, but the winds will veer northwesterly as the rain clears and ease.
Tuesday night: The last of the rain will clear southwards on Tuesday night, with the drier, colder clearer weather extending to all parts. Lowest temperatures of -1 to 4 degrees, coldest further north, with some frost and ice, in mostly light to moderate north to northwest breezes.
Dry, bright and chilly for a time on Wednesday, probably for much of the day, but with rain starting to move up from the southwest later. Cooler than previous days with highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees.
That rain will extend countrywide on Wednesday night and will be heavy at times. Breezy too, with moderate to fresh southeast winds. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees, but becoming milder with the rain.
Further outlook: Mild and breezy for a time with further spells of rain on Thursday, though there's a chance it'll turn colder later in the week or for the following weekend with clear or bright spells and showers or longer spells of precipitation, some of it possibly wintry, and with some frost and ice.