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Charts ( Up to T120 ) Spring 2025 ** READ MOD NOTE IN FIRST POST*

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Spring is here and we begin Spring were Winter left off, in an overall mild pattern. The coming 5 days looks mostly dry and relatively mild by day at least. Good weather for getting outdoor work done and going for walks. This dry period is well needed after a few very wet weeks to dry out the saturated soils across the country.

A ridge of high pressure across the country will keep us mostly dry over the weekend with the jetsteam passing well north of us.

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High pressure will stay close to us until at least mid week next week, keeping us mostly mild and dry. However with clearing skies a chance of a slight frost is possible at night but daytime temperatures should remain in double figures in most places and could feel very pleasant in any sunshine.

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Most of the country will see little to no rainfall over the next 5/6 days away from western and north-western coastal fringes where showers could keep going but these are unlikely to make their way very far inland.

Daytime temperatures close to or in double figures by day across many places, with light winds and some sunny spells this should feel very pleasant. However with clearing skies night time frosts are possible with temperatures getting close to freezing some nights.

Overall a welcome break from the recent Atlantic onslaught with little in the way of wind and rain.

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Wind gusts will likely exceed 80km/h at Belmullet, Mayo and/or Malin Head, Donegal between now and lunchtime Wednesday. Sustained south-southwest winds of circa 50 km/h are likely in the northwest overnight and into Wednesday. Remaining breezy here again on Thursday, but winds will be slacker further south and east due to the influence of a high pressure situated to the south and southeast of Ireland and Britain.

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The warmest day of the year to date is on the way as temperatures are expected to hit 15c or 16c on Sunday afternoon.

Moore Park holds the current highest temperature for 2025 after the Cork station registered 14.8c on February 20th.

The warm conditions during Sunday will be replaced by much colder air during the second half of Monday when a cold front introduces an Arctic Maritime airmass over Ireland.

Wintry showers on Wednesday for the east coast.

Apart from a light passing shower or two near the east and north coastline, Tuesday will be bright with sunny spells.

The day will feel noticeably colder compared to weekend highs of 17c with temperatures ranging from 6 to 8c in a cold polar maritime airmass.

A band of rain and sleet showers, associated with a cold front, will move into north Ulster in the late evening before moving southward across Ireland overnight.

Showers will generally be light in nature and will tend to fizzle out as they move south.
Winds will be gentle to moderate northerly but stronger near east and north facing coasts.

Wednesday will be mostly dry with just a few scattered showers moving into eastern counties of Leinster from The Irish Sea. All areas will enjoy spells of sunshine with top temperatures of 5 to 9c, coldest in east Ulster and mildest in the Mid-West.

Another cold night ahead on Wednesday night into Thursday morning with temperatures of - 3c to +4c, coldest in eastern areas and the Midlands and mildest on the west coast.

Thursday and Friday will bring further light showers or rain or sleet, with some snow on high ground, but plenty of dry and bright weather is expected overall. It may remain a little cloudier in southern coastal areas. Overnight frosts will continue.

On Tuesday morning, there was north-south divide in relation to temperatures. In the north, there was lows of -2.5c in Castlederg, Tyrone; -0.8c in Charlestown, Mayo; -0.7c in Emyvale, Monaghan; and -0.6c in Ardara, Donegal. It was much milder further south with +7.2c being recorded at Rosslare, Wexford.

Pending clear skies across Ireland on Friday morning, the moon will turn red as a total lunar eclipse takes place.A total lunar eclipse occurs when the entire moon falls within the darkest part of Earth's shadow.

The moon will appear red/orange when it is in the Earth's shadow.March’s’ ‘Blood Worm Moon’ will be located on Ireland’s western horizon as a partial eclipse begins at 5.09am. The full eclipse will begin at 6.26am before the moon begins to set on the western horizon shortly before 7am.

Locations in North and South America will be best placed to get the most impressive views of the "Blood Worm Moon” due to the Moon’s position in the sky.

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The current settled spell of weather will continue for another week with a slow return to an Atlantic-driven regime beyond the middle of next week, as referenced by MTC this morning.

Apart from some passing light showers during the first half of Friday, the coming 7 days will be largely dry with a mix of cloud and sunny spells each day.

Temperatures will range from 6 to 10c up to and including St Patrick’s Day and will rise to highs of 9-13c by Wednesday and Thursday of next week.Overnight frost, particularly in sheltered inland locations, will persist each night up to and including Tuesday.

Light northeast to east winds will continue until Sunday but will become gentle to moderate easterly on St Patrick’s Day, adding a noticeable wind chill effect for anyone attending parades across Ireland.

Winds will shift southerly and later southeasterly from mid-week as Atlantic systems approach the west coast.

A remarkably dry outlook for Ireland over the next 7-8 days with some parts only seeing trace amounts of rainfall (<1mm).

A remarkable difference from this time last year when my lawnmower was sinking through the ground. Really enjoying this spell of Spring like weather, plenty of weather and not too chilly at all.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261502#Comment_123261502

expected this week to feel colder to be honest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261864#Comment_123261864

yeah it's not as cold as was expected, we haven't got a frost from this either but may get one tomorrow night. Plenty of sun over the past week and great walking conditions, don't need a jacket either.

this . I remember cutting the lawn as well this time last year and it was like hell on. I had to cut it as the grass was getting fairly long but everything was so wet that it was a memorably bad experience. I got the at the weekend and it was fantastic.

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There was a sharp frost in Trim this morning. I left the house shortly after 06:00 and had to de-ice the car. Temperature reading on the car was -2°

I suppose at this time of the year you have to be up really early to catch any signs of frost, compared to late Autumn and Winter.

A chilly day in Wexford today

The frost has only appeared the last few mornings after the sun has risen

Dry conditions will prevail up to and including Thursday before more unsettled weather returns. High pressure located close to Ireland will result in higher than normal sunshine amounts.

High pressure located close to Ireland will result in higher than normal sunshine amounts.

Temperatures will be slightly above average for the time of year up Tuesday with values ranging from 7 to 10 degrees Celsius. Temperatures will rise to 12 to 15c

While the temperature on Saturday morning dropped to -5°C at Castlederg in Tyrone and -3.7°C at Dublin Airport, overnight frosts will be limited to sheltered inland locations in the coming week.

The past week has been much drier than average for the time of year. The highest rainfall accumulation of 6.2mm was at Cork Airport, which is 28% of average.

Sunshine amounts also were above normal nationwide, with Malin Head in Donegal recording 42.1 hours, which is nearly twice the seasonal average.

It was driest at Ballyhaise in Cavan, where only 0.5mm of rainfall was recorded.

IMAGES: Rain returns later next week, but remaining largely dry up to then. Precipitation totals (mm) on the right.

Dry conditions will persist until late Thursday when high pressure slowly recedes, allowing low pressure systems to bring spells of rain next weekend.

In the meantime, daytime temperatures will be slightly above average at 7-10c but will rise to 11-15c beyond mid-week, coldest in the northeast and mildest in the southwest. There will be some frost at night in shaded inland locations, but temperatures generally will remain above freezing.

Sunshine totals will be close to or above normal across Ireland over the next week with periods of sunshine likely on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday .St. Patrick's Day will be overcast, while moderate easterly winds will make it feel colder.

Rainfall totals will be far below the seasonal average up to Friday with most locations away from the south coast remaining completely dry.While rainfall totals will not be excessive, the unsettled regime looks like continuing into the following week.

Wrap up well if you are attending a St. Patrick's Day parade on Mopnday as there will be a considerable wind chill effect due to a moderate easterly wind.

It will be mildest in the west but coldest in Ulster and Leinster where the 'real feel' temperature will be around 1-2c. It will be dry however, in mostly overcast conditions.

The northwest and west may catch a few sunny breaks in the afternoon

Unsettled weather conditions will return this Friday and into the weekend but not before all of Ireland enjoys spells of sunshine, particularly during Wednesday.

It has been an exceptionally dry month so far with southern counties remaining completely dry over the past 7 days. Rainfall totals have been highest in the northwest where Belmullet, Co Mayo has recorded 3.3mm, which is just 15% of its seasonal average.

It will remain dry up to and including Thursday with temperatures rising slowly each day. The west coast may see mercury levels rising to 16 or 17c by Thursday.Tuesday and Wednesday nights may be cold enough in sheltered Midland locations for frost to form, but most of Ireland will remain above freezing at night-time for the rest of the week.

Scattered heavy showers will push into the west and south on Friday morning before extending countrywide. Further Atlantic weather systems will affect Ireland on Saturday and during the first half of Sunday.

More settled conditions will develop early next week due to a building ridge of high pressure to the south of Ireland. It will be largely overcast, however.

Rainfall will affect all parts of Ireland during Friday and Saturday, but a good deal of dry weather will return from Sunday through mid-week next week.

An area of high pressure, which has brought exceptionally dry conditions to Ireland over the past 10 days, will shift eastward over Scandinavia allowing Atlantic systems to extend over Ireland from the south.

All areas can expect rain during Friday with the heaviest rainfall over the western half of Ireland.

Scattered heavy showers leading to longer spells of rain in places will occur during Saturday but will clear from the west during the afternoon.

Rainfall totals of 30mm or more can be expected in parts of the south, west and Midlands from Friday morning to Saturday evening.

Totals will be lowest in east Ulster where up 5 to 10mm of rainfall is expected.

Temperatures will rise to between 13 to 15c during Friday but will dip sharply to between 6 and 8c in western counties during Saturday as rain clears.

It will feel bitterly cold here after moderate southeasterly winds switch north-westerly for the afternoon.

Temperatures will remain between 11 to 13c further east but will drop here too by late evening.

A ridge of high pressure will build from the Azores toward Ireland on Sunday introducing drier weather for the day.

Largely dry conditions will prevail up to Thursday of next week apart from a frontal system on Monday night bringing scattered outbreaks of rain.

Temperatures will be above the seasonal average, ranging from 10 to 14c.

Winds will shift from a north-westerly direction on Sunday to westerly during Monday and for the early days of next week.

Atlantic systems will once again attempt to move in over Ireland later next week.

Met.ies latest model run would have Dublin and Wicklow in a Yellow warning. A very rainy front stalls over Dublin from about 6pm Saturday through to Sunday morning.

Following a dry start to today with hazy sunshine away from the south coast, rain accompanied by a moderate southeast wind will push into Wexford and Waterford by mid-afternoon. The wet weather will spread to the rest of Ireland as the evening progresses.

A clearance will follow from the west during Saturday, but spells of heavy rain will continue in the eastern half of Ireland and, in particular, in the southeast. It will turn much colder in the west as winds switch to a north-westerly direction, with top temperatures here of 6 to 8C. The cooler weather will spread to all areas as the rain clears the east coast on Saturday evening.

The weather will turn drier from Sunday until mid-week with all areas enjoying sunshine at times. Atlantic systems are expected to influence our weather once again beyond mid-week next week.

Temperatures will range between 10 and 13C next week.

There will be plenty of dry weather up to mid-week as high pressure builds to the south and west of Ireland. Following today’s rain, Sunday through Wednesday will bring settled weather away from the northwest and west coasts where there will be occasional drizzle or light showers at times.

Temperatures will range between 10 C and 14 C during the period. Sunday night looks like being the coldest night of the period with temperatures dropping close to or below freezing into Monday morning and frost forming in sheltered inland locations. Monday will be a much milder night, but frost could return to inland locations on Tuesday night.

It will be generally overcast for the next five days but some breaks in the cloud will occur at times.

Gentle to moderate north-westerly winds shifting south-westerly by Tuesday will dominate the coming week.

Atlantic systems will bring showers or periods of light rain for the second half of next week. However, overall rainfall totals are expected to be close or below average for the time of year.

There are signs that high pressure could rebuild toward the end of March into early April, reintroducing settled conditions across Ireland.

It will be a bright and sunny start to Monday across Ireland. It will cloud over in the west and northwest in the late afternoon due to a warm front, which will bring outbreaks of drizzle in coastal counties by evening

Temperatures improving over the weekend reaching up to 16C or so by Sunday , some mainly light rainfall at times in parts on Saturday but amounts small in general, some coastal counties especially elevated ground might see a bit more moderate rainfall. Pleasantly mild into the mid teens for the first few days next week, might even see up to around 17C or so in places. A real touch of Spring. ( Looking good after that too into the weekend with possibly warmer condition's and remaining mostly dry).

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High pressure situated close to Ireland will bring settled conditions and sunshine for the next fortnight. It will remain completely dry in most locations, while temperatures will range from 2 to 3 C above average for the period.

The warmest spots will be inland, away from the east and southeast coasts, where a moderate easterly breeze will keep things cooler. Expect highs of 16-18°C in most regions, though the east and southeast will see temperatures between 10-13°C. It will feel much warmer in locations sheltered from the prevailing wind.

Overnight frosts will likely form in sheltered inland locations from midweek, but most places will remain above freezing.

By the weekend, there’s a chance winds may shift to the northeast or north, bringing a slight drop in daytime temperatures.Next week might turn slightly cloudier, but the dry, settled weather will largely persist.

Some showers may drift into southern and western coastal counties next week.

This week’s easterly breeze will create ideal drying conditions. With soil temperatures currently 2 to 4°C above average, grass growth is expected to pick up as the week goes on.

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A band of rain tonight will be followed by sunshine again on Friday as the current dry spell looks set to continue until mid-April.

Temperatures will rise on Thursday to 19 or 20°C away from the south and east coasts, where it will be a few degrees cooler.

It is possible that the current annual high of 19°C, set at Mount Dillon in Roscommon on March 31st, will be challenged.

All areas will enjoy long periods of sunshine during Thursday.

Cloud will build from the south Thursday evening ahead of a band of rain that will affect Munster, south Connacht, and the southern half of Leinster into Friday morning.

The rain will be a patchy affair with low precipitation totals, ranging from 1-3 mm in most places and 3-5 mm on higher ground in Kerry and Cork.

Sunshine will return to all areas following a cloudy start to Friday.

High pressure will keep Ireland’s weather dry and warm, especially away from south- and east-facing coastal counties, through the weekend and next week.

There are signals that high pressure may weaken in 10 to 12 days’ time, allowing Atlantic systems to encroach from the west and south.

By then, however, Ireland will have experienced four weeks of exceptionally dry conditions.

Drying conditions will be good to excellent, but grass growth will slow down within a week due to growing soil moisture deficits.

Met Éireann’s preliminary data for the month shows that, for only the second time, all 25 of its synoptic stations were below the 1991-2020 long-term average (LTA) for rainfall during any month. The last time this occurred was in July 2024.

Dunsany, County Meath, had its driest March since 1964, when the station was established.

The Met Éireann station at Mace Head in County Galway also recorded its driest March since it was established in 2005.

It was also remarkably dry in Ballyhaise in Cavan (driest March since 1953), Gurteen in Tipperary (1961), and Dublin Airport (1990).

March was also sunnier than the seasonal average.

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Not much imagination needed in the weather type graphics today thankfully.

The weekend and coming week will bring widespread sunshine across Ireland with temperatures gradually increasing as winds fall light.

Sunshine will return everywhere on Friday afternoon and evening following scattered outbreaks of rain across Munster, Leinster, and south Connacht.

The settled conditions are the result of high pressure becoming established and rooted to the northeast of Ireland and Britain.

High pressure will build closer to or over Ireland by midweek next week, resulting in winds falling light and the risk of overnight frosts increasing in inland locations. Overnight fog may be slow to clear in places.

Temperatures will be highest in the western half of Ireland, ranging from 16-18°C.

Temperatures will rise from 11 to 13°C in eastern and southern coastal counties this week to 14-16°C next week as easterly winds ease.

The past week has been exceptionally dry. Rainfall amounts ranged from 1.4 mm at Oak Park in Carlow (10% of its seasonal average) to 13.8 mm at Malin Head in Donegal (70% of average).

The highest amount of sunshine was recorded at Johnstown Castle in Wexford, with a total of 53.4 hours.

The warmest day of 2025 to date was recorded on Thursday at Shannon Airport in County Clare. The mercury level rose to 19.1 C as all of Ireland enjoyed long spells of sunshine.

Generally settled outlook despite mid-month blip

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Dry and sunny conditions will persist through next week as high pressure remains the dominant feature of our weather.

Conditions will gradually become a little more changeable next weekend with showers at times, with some rain for all areas at times during the following week.

Indications are that high pressure will become re-established over or close to Ireland as we move into the final third of the month, bringing a return to settled conditions.

It has been an exceptionally dry start to April following a drier than average March.

Rainfall amounts ranged from just 0.5mm at Casement Aerodrome in Dublin (4% of its average) to 6mm at Valentia in Kerry (24% of its average), according to Met Éireann.

The coming 7 days will be mostly dry with just trace accumulations expected.

There will be widespread sunshine each day, with the warmest temperatures occurring in the west.

Temperatures will initially range from 16 to 18 C in western regions to 11 to 13 C in the east.

Moderate east winds will ease later on Sunday and into next week, which will allow temperatures in eastern counties to rise into the mid-teens.

The nights will become chilly away from the coast during the coming week, dropping into low single figures. Temperatures will range from 1 to 6 C, coldest in the Midlands and mildest in the southwest.

Drying conditions will be excellent for the coming week.

However, increasing soil moisture deficits will reduce grass growth, particularly in the Midlands and the East of Ireland.

Rain or showers are likely next weekend as temperatures drop from the high to mid-teens.

The more changeable conditions will continue into the start of the following week, but high pressure will build once again allowing drier conditions to develop as we move into the final 7 to 10 days of April.

Temperatures will also being to recover.

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