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11 Sept 2025

Grim forecast for weekend but Met Éireann pinpoints return of good weather

Things could take a turn next week

Grim news from Met Éireann amid wet and windy weekend ahead

Met Éireann have forecast the weekend ahead but it's a far cry from the glorious heatwave we saw a few weeks ago. Temperatures could start to climb a little but it's expected to be unsettled for the weekend and into next week with rain or showers each day.

Today

Today will bring a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees with light to moderate westerly winds, coolest in the northwest and warmest in the south east.

Tonight will be mainly dry with long clear spells and perhaps one or two showers. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees with light to moderate west to southwest winds.

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Friday

Friday morning will bring a mix of sunny spells and well scattered showers. Becoming cloudier through the afternoon with rain developing in the southwest by early evening and spreading eastwards to most areas by nightfall. Highest temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees with light to moderate southwesterly winds.

Turning rather wet overnight as outbreaks of rain spread from the west and southwest. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in light to moderate southerly or variable winds, freshening in the southwest overnight.

Saturday

After a wet start to the day, cloud and rain will gradually clear eastwards leaving a mix of showers and sunny spells for Saturday. Highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees in moderate to fresh and occasionally strong northwest winds.

Showers will become confined to western and northwestern coasts overnight with long clear spells elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees in light to moderate northwest winds.

Sunday

A mix of sunshine and showers, with cloud increasing in the west through the afternoon, before brightening again by the evening. Highest temperatures of just 13 to 16 degrees in moderate westerly winds.

Starting off largely dry Sunday night before cloud and outbreaks of rain spread form the west. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in light southwesterly winds.

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