Met Eireann thunderstorm alert TODAY and pinpoint summer sunshine turn & 22C blast amid deadly Europe heatwave warnings
It will start cloudy in the north today before scattered showers turn heavier and scattered showers of heavy rain move in.
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It will turn much warmer here over the weekend
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Next week looks even more promising
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It will be much of the same across the rest of the country today minus those thunderstorms with wet and cloudy weather.
However, the north will be hit worst by those wet and somewhat stormy
Alan O' Reilly of Carlow Weather said: "A nice bright start in Southeast but cloud for many and cloud will increase with showers, most of the showers will be in Northern areas."
Temperatures will max out between 16C to 21C temperatures today before a drop to 9C overnight.
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And cloud and rain will continue overnight, again with the north fairing the worst with the most cloud build up.
Tomorrow will take an unseasonable turn as "strong and gusty" winds begin to build.
Met Eireann's Liz Walsh warned: "Unseasonably unsettled conditions tomorrow Friday in fact, especially in parts of the west and north."
There will be bright intervals at points tomorrow as temperatures reach 19C but they will be accompanied by outbreaks of rain.
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It will remain breezy overnight on Friday but staying mild as temperatures only drop a few notches to 16C.
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However, mist and fog will develop through tomorrow night.
And it will remain a mixed bag into the weekend but temperatures will jump to nearly the mid 20s.
However, windy
Met Eireann said: "Mostly cloudy on Saturday with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
"While a few bright spells will develop, it'll stay rather cloudy overall.
"Highest temperatures of 16C to 22C, warmest in the south and east, where it will feel quite mild and humid, in mostly moderate, occasionally fresh and gusty west to southwest winds.
"A few clear spells, but generally cloudy on Saturday night, with scattered showers, heaviest and most frequent in the west and north.
"Lowest temperatures of 10C to 12C in moderate westerly winds, fresh near Atlantic coasts."
And then Sunday will be cloudy to begin before outbreaks of rain and drizzle spread across the country.
It will brighten up into the evening but temperatures will only reach around 19C.
HOT TWIST
However,
Temperatures across the country are expected to rise to above average in sunny spells.
And meteorologists have even pinpointed where will see the best of the summer turn.
The weather bosses said: "Temperatures looks set to recover to average or slightly above towards midweek as winds back around to the southwest.
"Showers remain possible with the best of drier and sunnier conditions in the south and east."
EUROPEAN HELL
It comes as several parts of mainland Europe remain under severe temperature alerts amid a
Mercury has reached 46C in parts of Spain while Italy, France and Portugal have also been sizzling in over 40C.
Several areas in France were placed under the highest possible alert as France's ecology transition minister Agner Pannier-Runacher said: "This is unprecedented."
In Italy, outdoor work has been banned during peak hours following several outdoor labourers collapsing or even dying amid the extreme heat.
And the heatwave also turned deadly in Spain after a two-year-old child died after being left in a car during the
Several areas of Spain remain under
Temperatures are expected to reach 42C in parts of Spain again today.
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Temperatures remain dangerous across Europe
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