Met Eireann confirm 25C heat for DAYS as 6 counties hit with 22-hr thunderstorm warnings & forecast pinpoints temp drop
FEELING HOT Met Eireann confirm 25C heat for DAYS as 6 counties hit with 22-hr thunderstorm warnings & forecast pinpoints temp drop
MULTIPLE counties remain under a 22-hour Status Yellow warning today as thunderstorms threaten to strike down.
Met Eireann confirmed that temperatures will soar to 25C every day until at least Monday, as Ireland basks in a mini-heatwave.
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Cristina, Hava, Lucas, Aria and Osman enjoying the nice weather at Seapark Beach in Holywood, Co Down
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The temperatures will continue to blast Ireland for days
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But the weather forecaster pinpointed when the temperatures will slip back to near normal values.
Met Eireann confirmed today will be cloudy with scattered showers, some of them heavy, to begin today.
The showers will become increasingly confined to the midlands, north and east this afternoon and it will tend to brighten up with "longer sunny breaks developing" as the day goes on.
Ireland will continue to bask in warm temperatures, but they will be slightly lower than previous days between 19C and 25C.
Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry have been under a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning since midnight and will remain on alert until 10pm tonight.
The UK Met Office said: "Whilst some places will remain dry, heavy showers and thunderstorms could cause disruption on Thursday"
Any remaining showers in the northeast will die out early tonight and it will be a dry night nationwide under long clear spells and lowest temperatures of 10C to 14C.
Tomorrow, Friday, will be "largely dry" with "long spells of sunshine" once early mist and fog patches clear.
Met Eireann said there is a chance of an "odd light shower" in the west and north.
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However, weather bosses have confirmed that it will remain hot with highest temperatures between 20C and 26C.
Friday night will be largely dry with long clear breaks and a few patches of mist and fog forming around dawn.
Isolated showers may develop near the southwest coast overnight and temperatures will be at their lowest between 10C and 14C.
And looking further ahead, Met Eireann said: "Mild and humid conditions look set to persist."
HOTTEST AREAS
TEMPERATURES peaked at 25.9C yesterday, with the highest temperatures recorded at the weather station in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
The following are the rest of the top temperatures recorded yesterday: Oak Park, Carlow - 25.6C
Dublin Airport, Dublin - 25.2C
Grange, Dunsany, Co Meath - 25.1C
Casement, Co Dublin 25C
Ballyhaise, Co Cavan - 24.8C
Mullingar, Co Westmeath - 24.7C
Claremorris, Co Mayo - 24.6C
Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon - 24.3C
Gurteen, Co Tipperary - 24.1C
Shannon Airport, Co Clare - 24C
Met Eireann confirmed "many places will be dry" on Saturday, with spells of sunshine and slightly breezier conditions and thicker cloud in Munster.
There will be a few scattered showers here that will edge out northeastwards over parts of Connacht and southwest Leinster.
Temperatures will peak between 21C and 26C, with Met Eireann confirming Saturday night will be "very mild and muggy" with temperatures no lower than 14C and 17C.
Met Eireann said Sunday will start out "dry and mostly sunny" but scattered showers will push in from the southwest during the morning.
The weather chiefs warned some of these showers could turn heavy with "thundery downpours possible" during the afternoon and evening.
MORE THUNDERY SHOWERS
Temperatures will peak between 19C to 25C on both Sunday and Monday, which is forecast to bring a mix of warm sunny spells and scattered showers.
Met Eireann confirmed temperatures will continue "milder than average" with a mix of sunny spells and showers.
And the weather boffins confirmed that the warm weather looks set to continue dominating until later next week.
Looking towards conditions between August 18 and 24, Met Eireann said: "Indicating high pressure largely dominating our weather though low pressure may move in at times, specially from midweek.
"Mean air temperatures will be warm or very warm early though likely to slip back to more near normal values later.
"Some thundery showers may spark off during the first half of the week, despite the dominance of high pressure."
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People cool off diving into the slip at Clontarf in Dublin
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