Clare weather: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Latest Met Eireann forecast for The Banner County
Wednesday will be wet and windy with further outbreaks of rain, heavy at times. The rain will quickly clear eastwards through the morning, with sunny spells and scattered showers following.
Fresh to strong southwesterly winds will veer westerly as the rain clears, and will gradually ease later. Highest temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees in the morning, turning cooler in the afternoon.
Wednesday night will bring some clear spells for a time and a scattering of showers, before a band of heavy and possibly thundery rain spreads from the west, clearing again overnight.
Turning colder once the rain clears, with clear spells and showers following, some heavy and of hail, with a chance of thunder. Some will turn to sleet or possibly snow, mainly over higher ground.
Thursday will be cold and bright with sunshine and showers, some heavy and of hail with the possibility of hail and thunder, with the showers most frequent across the western half of the country.
Some of the showers will fall as sleet and snow, mainly over higher ground. Colder than recently with highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees. Breezy; with moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty southwest to west winds, stronger in the southwest.
Thursday night will be cold with further showers where some will be wintry over higher ground. Mainly dry with long clear spells further east. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +3 degrees
Winds will be moderate to fresh southwest to west, strongest in coastal parts of the west and southwest.
Friday will once again be cold, breezy and showery, some of the showers heavy, of hail and some of sleet and snow, mainly over higher ground. The showers will be most frequent in the west, and there's the chance that some will be thundery too.
There'll be bright or sunny spells too with highest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds.
*Information from Met Éireann.