Weather expert pinpoints when sizzling temperatures will come to an end
A fresh blast of summer heat has seen temperatures surge this week, with a chance the summery conditions could reach the threshold for a heatwave to be declared. A heatwave is declared when there are five days or longer of temperatures of 25C or more.
Alan O'Reilly, the hobbyist meteorologist who runs the popular Carlow Weather social media pages, has said that that the glorious weather will continue right through the weekend, with ticketholders heading to see Oasis in Croke Park set to bask in glorious sunshine.
However, you might want to soak up as much of the sun and the sizzling heat as you can, as O'Reilly warned that temperatures will start to fall from Wednesday, with cooler conditions expected from the middle of next week. The latest weather models show little to no rainfall is expected in Ireland over the coming days
"Friday will start off a little bit of mist and fog in some areas, that will burn off quite quickly and good sunny spells then across Friday," O'Reilly said in a video message to his followers on Thursday evening.
"If you look here, you can see lots of sunshine developing on Friday and the same on Saturday. Little bit of fog and mist in the mornings.
"[It will be] mild and muggy Saturday night. Sunday will be good sunny spells, but there is a risk of a few showers kicking off, especially in the southwest. So, just a small risk of showers on Sunday, but something to keep an eye on.
"On Monday, it is likely that we will see some showers and a risk of thunderstorms, but details are uncertain at the moment.
"Temperatures will get up to 26C-27C, maybe even 28C, getting warmer through Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but there will be an easterly breeze.
"If you're in the eastern part of the country along the coast it will be cooler. So Dublin - everyone knows everything happens in Dublin - it will be the cooler day.
"If you're heading for a beach along the East Coast, it will be a little bit cooler there, [with] warmest temperatures inland. Beaches around Ireland will be packed this weekend amid the sunny weather
"Then if we look here we will see that the upper air temperature forecast shows us that that warm air will start to move away from us, probably around Tuesday, Wednesday next week
"It'll still be warm on Monday and Tuesday, but then later next week it will turn cooler."
O'Reilly also warned that Tropical Storm Erin, which formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, is on the verge of becoming the Atlantic season's first hurricane.
While the hurricane doesn't posing an immediate threat to Ireland,the popular meteorologist did warn that there was uncertainty about its longer-term path.
"A lot of uncertainty what's going to happen. Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become hurricane [on Friday] and develop into a major hurricane," he said.
"It's not coming anywhere near us, but in a week's time what it does in the Atlantic will influence our weather, so it'll be all eyes on what happens there.
"Weather models, very uncertain how that will actually end up, [maybe] towards Iceland or maybe moving down south. Tropical Storm Erin is expected to strengthen and could become a major hurricane over the weekend
"At the moment, most of the weather models actually keep the remnants of it well away from Ireland and we may well hold on to some mainly dry and settled weather."
O'Reilly also had some good news for Electric Picnic ticketholders, with the amauteur meterologist saying that the early indications surrounding the weather forecast for the Co Laois music festival later this month "look pretty good".
"Little early for Electric Picnic yet - lots of people asking - at the moment the trends look pretty good, but this far out its wait and see, but I'll have loads of updates as we get closer to that."
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