Friday, 5 December, 2014 Forecasts for Ireland TODAY ... Rather windy (NW 40-70 km/hr) and cold with passing showers, wintry on some hills in the north and west in particular. Also a few sunny intervals, more frequent in eastern counties. Highs around 7 C although temperatures could fall back to 3-4 C during wintry showers in parts of Connacht and Ulster. TONIGHT ... Clear intervals, frost developing rather early, but this may dissipate as milder air arrives later with cloud. Lows near -1 C early, some areas staying near that level but western districts generally warming towards morning in southwest winds, 3-5 C by morning. SATURDAY ... Windy and somewhat milder with passing showers, a few with hail or thunder. Lows near 3 C and highs 10-12 C. Winds WSW 50-80 km/hr, possible higher gusts. SUNDAY ... Continued rather windy and a bit colder again with passing hail or sleet showers. Lows near 3 C and highs near 7 or 8 C. Winds westerly 50-80 km/hr. MONDAY ... Windy, periods of rain, perhaps falling as sleet on higher terrain, cold for east and north until evening (4-7 C) but later on, temperatures steady 8-10 C although reaching 12 C south coast. Winds increasing to southwest 70-100 km/hr. About 15-25 mm rain likely overnight into Tuesday with this stage of the developing storm. TUESDAY ... Windy and milder for part of the day,l then turning gradually colder in stages, showers becoming increasingly wintry towards afternoon and evening, winds westerly 70-120 km/hr. Strong gusts likely in Connacht and west Ulster, parts of west Munster. Morning temperatures near 10 C then falling off to 6-8 C, and near 2 C over higher terrain by afternoon or evening. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY ... Windy and cold with passing wintry showers, winds WNW 70-120 km/hr. Lows near 1 C and highs near 5 C. FURTHER OUTLOOK ... Cold and windy on Friday with the stronger gusts easing slowly, mixed wintry showers likely, highs near 5 C. Somewhat milder for a few days once this stormy interval ends, but another similar cycle of strong winds and colder unsettled weather seems likely about a week later, if not a more substantial cold spell (which remains a possibility as the models are not necessarily that reliable beyond about seven days at this point). The general story for Britain will be almost the same as above given the fast westerly flow developing. Scotland will be particularly cold with frequent wintry showers throughout the period. Meanwhile, in North America, the pattern is relatively bland for most regions, and western regions continue to recover slowly from recent cold temperatures. My local weather on Thursday was overcast with a light rain in temperatures near 4 or 5 C. There is still a bit of snow visible on grassy surfaces but that will likely disappear during milder temperatures expected on Friday. Astronomy preview -- full moon is Saturday 6 Dec at 12:27h. -- Peter for IWO ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~***~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:30:14 +0000
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