Clare Weather - Tuesday, January 2, 2024

MOSTLY cloudy today with outbreaks of rain extending northwards during the morning. Drier brighter conditions with scattered showers will extend from the southwest through the afternoon. Afternoon highs of seven to 10 Celsius. Light to moderate southerly or variable winds will become moderate to fresh southwest to west in the afternoon.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK

Mixed and changeable through the week with rain or showers at times. Potentially turning colder and bit more settled next weekend.

A mix of clear spells and just well scattered showers at first tonight. The showers will become more widespread overnight, and some will turn heavy, with a chance of hail and thunder. Lowest temperatures of five to eight degrees. Light to moderate southwest winds, will increase fresh to strong and gusty along southwestern coasts overnight.

Tomorrow looks set to being a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers, some heavy with a chance of hail and thunder. Highest temperatures of seven to nine degrees. Moderate to fresh southwest winds veering westerly, will be strong and gusty along southern and western coasts. Showers will likely retreat to western and northwestern coasts on Wednesday night with long dry and clear spells developing elsewhere. Moderate southwesterly winds fresh to strong near coasts will gradually ease overnight. Minimum temperatures will fall to between one and five degrees, with a touch of frost possible by dawn.

A dry and bright day for many on Thursday with sunny spells. Showers will mainly affect western coastal counties. Highest temperatures of six to eight degrees with light to moderate southwest winds. Showers or longer spells of rain in the west and northwest on Thursday night. Mainly dry and clear elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of zero to four degrees in light to moderate westerly winds, freshening in the west and southwest overnight.

Current indications suggest showers will be a bit more widespread on Friday, merging to longer spells of rain at times. Afternoon highs of six to eight degrees with mainly light to moderate west to northwest winds.

At present, high pressure is predicted to move in over Ireland at the weekend bringing a mainly dry and settled period of weather. It looks like it will turn colder though, with widespread night-time frosts returning. Winds mainly light and variable.