Clare Weather: Thursday, July 20
TODAY will be fresh with a mix of bright spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures generally ranging 15 to 19 degrees in light or moderate northwest breezes, warmest in the southeast of the country.
TONIGHT will be mostly dry early in the night with just a few showers. However, cloud will build overnight with patchy rain and drizzle moving in across parts of Connacht and Ulster. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees in mostly light westerly breezes.
FRIDAY will start off mainly dry with some bright spells and a few showers. Cloud will increase from the west and outbreaks of rain will move in from the northwest during the afternoon.
The rain will become more persistent over Connacht and Ulster and will spread to the rest of the country on Friday night. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees in light to moderate west to southwest breezes, freshening later.
On SATURDAY, rain will gradually clear eastwards with sunshine and showers following for the rest of the day. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees with moderate to fresh southerly winds becoming westerly as rain clears. There'll be further showers on Saturday night with lows of 12 to 16 degrees.
On SUNDAY, there will be further showers, some heavy. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees with light to moderate north to northwest breezes.
EARLY next week will have a fair amount of dry weather and some showers with temperatures in the mid to high teens and mostly light or moderate breezes.