Rain Coming for Munster, Leinster

Heavy Rain this Week

Flooding for the East and South in the coming days as the cool and unsettled weather continues to make it a rather unpleasant if somewhat sunny April in Ireland but you know what I mean.

Tuesday to Friday will see high rainfall of up to 50mm in the East and South. More showery in the West and North. Maybe 10 to 20mm here. So far in Sligo there has been 70mm of rain in April, slightly above normal for the time of year.

Further into the period it looks like showers will become more scattered for Ireland.

There might even be some dry weather as we head into the start of May but it will be cloudy.

Very Cold and Showery

Very cold showery weather for the next 10 days with hail and thunderstorms by day and grass frosts by night. Temperatures will be 5c below average for the month of April. Around the middle of the month things may begin to quiten down with milder and somewhat drier weather for Ireland.

April Showers as seen here in Dublin

Showery then Dry and Mild

The weather is going to be showery over the weekend but after that next week looks quite dry and mild. At the moment Venus is visible in the sky. I tried to video it with a webcam but with disasterous consequences. Look here and see you will have to wait 21seconds to see the white speck that is Venus over Sligo. Jupiter is underneath but too faded now I should have videod it earlier.

Mild weather to end ...briefly

Yes it is going to get a lot cooler for the St Patricks Day festivities with showers of rain or hail for Ireland. There is a risk of some very heavy rain on Sunday along the South and East coast. Temperatures will only be 7 or 8c but at least on St Patricks Day there will be some sunshine. After some more rain early Monday the weather gets back into its Southwesterly mode with milder than normal temperatures and a lot of cloud.

Cobh Co.Cork

Dry at First, RIsk Rain

Ireland will have a lot of dry weather to begin with some warm sunshine as well. Most of the rain will be confined to Atlantic coastal areas and even here it will be sunny at times. Temperatures will be several degrees above norrmal. This will come as a welcome relief and continue the very mild year 2012 has been so far. more

Cold Weather

The next 10 Days will see a lot of unsettled and cold weather in Ireland with a risk of some sleet or snow at times especially in the East.

The temperature is going to be only 3 to 6c falling to minus 5c at night.

Later in the period it gets milder from the West once more and Atlantic fronts cross the country again.

These may start off as snow but will quickly turn to rain as the mild weather covers Ireland after February 6th 2012.