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Irish Times
a day ago
- Climate
- Irish Times
Mixed weather to come with cloudy skies, sunny spells and rain forecast by Met Éireann
A mix of sunny spells and scattered showers are being forecast by Met Éireann for the coming days. Tuesday is to start off dry for most with a fair amount of cloud mixed with some bright or sunny spells and isolated showers. More frequent showers will spread from the west through the morning and early afternoon, turning heavy at times, particularly in Munster where they will continue through the evening. Highs of 15 to 19 degrees are expected. Tuesday night is to be mostly clear and dry, as the rain becomes more isolated. Cloud will build from the northwest later with well scattered showers following. READ MORE Wednesday will be 'largely cloudy with some showers' concentrated in the northwest, the forecaster said. As the day progresses, sunny spells will develop making way for a dry evening in most parts of the country. There will be high temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees. Thursday morning is expected to be 'mostly dry', with patches of light rain and drizzle. As cloud builds from the west, sunnier spells in the afternoon will turn to some outbreaks of rain near Atlantic coasts in the evening. Met Éireann forecasts high temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees. 'Well scattered showers' are expected on Friday, with highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees. As the day progresses, it is set to get drier with some sunny spells developing. Conditions are forecast to remain variable at the weekend, with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers on Saturday morning and highs of 16 to 19 degrees. Sunday is likely to be a wetter day, with outbreaks of more persistent rain and drizzle expected. These showers will become more isolated in the afternoon.
South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Why do Hong Kong typhoon signals usually go out at 20 minutes past or to the hour?
The timings for Hong Kong's typhoon signals are based on scientific indicators, the local forecaster and one of its former assistant directors have said while revealing the historical reason why many of the organisation's warnings go out at 20 minutes past or to the hour. A check by the Post found that about 93 per cent of all warnings for the past 10 typhoons, tropical cyclones and depressions were issued at 20 minutes past or to the hour by the Observatory – including the No 10 signal for when Typhoon Wipha hit the city on Sunday. Among the 41 warnings for the 10 typhoons, tropical cyclones and depressions, only three were sent out at 10 minutes past the hour. Thirty-eight were issued at 20 minutes past or to the hour. Among them, 22 were issued at 20 minutes past the hour and 16 went out at 20 minutes to the hour. The Observatory's warnings are sent out in advance and include the expected time period that the next signal will go up. In the case of Wipha, the No 1 warning was issued at 2.20am on Saturday, before it was raised to No 3 at 2.20pm that day. The No 8 signal went out at 12.20am on Sunday before the warning was upgraded to No 9 at 7.20am and then No 10 at 9.20am.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Climate
- Bloomberg
Europe's New AI Weather Model Delivers High-Speed Intel for Traders
The AI system can make forecasts using far less computing power than current methods, and tests show it's more reliable in predicting most conditions. Welcome to Weather Watch, our weekly newsletter on how the planet's ever wilder weather patterns are impacting the global economy. Got feedback and forecasts? Write us at weatherteam@ And sign up here if you're not on the list already. A major European forecaster recently released a new AI-powered weather model, and it's a significant upgrade in terms of both accuracy and speed.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- Climate
- Irish Times
Status yellow rain warning to come into effect for five counties from midnight
A status yellow rain warning is due to come in to effect from midnight tonight in Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow and Monaghan. Spells of heavy rain are forecast with a possibility of isolated thunderstorms, Met Éireann says. Potential impacts include localised flooding, poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions. The weather warning is valid until noon tomorrow. Meanwhile, the forecaster has said weather conditions will be mixed this week with showers or longer spells of at times heavy rain with spot flooding possible. Showers are expected to reduce by midweek. It will rain in many parts this morning with some heavy falls in places. Some brighter breaks will develop this afternoon. However, there will be scattered heavy showers, merging to longer spells of rain at times, especially across parts of the midlands and midwest. Highest temperatures of 17 to 22 degrees are forecast. READ MORE Tonight is set to be mostly cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain heaviest across eastern parts of the country. Lowest temperatures will be in the region of 13 to 15 degrees. It is due to be most cloudy on Monday with showers or longer spells of rain, heaviest over parts of Leinster and east Ulster, with spot flooding possible. Showers will become more isolated towards evening, and it will brighten up across parts of the west and south with highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees. Any remaining rain will become increasingly confined to northeastern parts of Ulster on Monday night, with a mix of cloud, clear spells and isolated showers developing and lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees. Some drier and brighter intervals are expected at first on Tuesday, away from Atlantic coasts, but showers will become fairly widespread from the west through the afternoon, some of them heavy. Highest temperatures will range from 16 to 19 degrees with light to moderate west to northwest winds. Showers will become isolated on Tuesday night and increasingly confined to western and northern coasts with lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees. Wednesday will bring a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. The showers will be less heavy than previous days and they will become isolated by evening. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees are forecast.
The Independent
3 days ago
- Climate
- The Independent
Yellow weather warnings threaten to bring flooding and disruption
Yellow weather warnings remain in place for parts of the UK with thunderstorms threatening to bring flooding and disruption for the remainder of the weekend. The Met Office has issued warnings for heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms in Scotland and south-west England and Wales which may cause flooding on Saturday evening overnight into Sunday. Further yellow warnings have also been issued for thunderstorms across much of the country from 11am on Monday until 9pm. The forecaster said there was a slight chance of power cuts and a loss of other services to some homes and businesses as well as flooding and building damage. It said travel disruption was also likely. Some places could see up to 75mm in just a few hours on Saturday and Sunday as the rain becomes persistent and leads to large build-ups, particularly on south-east-facing areas of high ground. In south-west England, including Cornwall, and south Wales, heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms were set to arrive from Saturday evening, spreading further north and east across Wales early on Sunday morning followed by more heavy showers and thunderstorms. A few locations could see 75mm or more, with a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life. On Monday, scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected across the main body of England from the bottom of Scotland to the south-east, especially during the afternoon and early evening. The Met Office said that while many parts will miss the worst conditions, a few places could see up to 50mm of rain within a couple of hours alongside lightning strikes and hail. The Environment Agency has removed 28 flood warnings in the last 24 hours, but eight flood alerts remain, mostly around the Midlands such as Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and London. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has 16 flood alerts in place. Low pressure will linger into early next week keeping conditions unsettled, but there will be sunny spells alongside the heavy showers. These will ease by Wednesday and temperatures will continue to be warm.
