TOUCH OF FROST FOR THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
FORECASTERS have warned we’re in for a freezing Bank Holiday weekend with “below normal” temperatures, hail and frost.
The week will start off relatively mild with dry conditions and highs of 14C, but it will turn cold from Friday onwards and we will feel a nip in the air tonight.
Met Eireann said today will be “a dry and bright day with good sunshine, especially during the morning. The afternoon will tend to be cloudier. Highs of 11C to 13C in westerly breezes.”
However, tonight will be cool with temperatures as low as 2C bringing frost in places. Tomorrow will be breezy in northern areas, with some showers in places. It will be mainly dry everywhere else, with bright or short sunny spells developing.
Daytime top temperatures will vary from 12C to 14C while nighttime lows will be between 6C to 9C.
Wednesday will be mainly dry with a mix of bright and sunny spells and occasional cloudy periods.
Top daytime temperatures will range from 11C to 13C and could plunge to as low as 4C overnight.
Looking ahead to Thursday, a forecaster said: “Cloudy and breezy with scattered patches of drizzle and mist. Fresh westerly winds also. But largely dry elsewhere. Top temperatures of 12C. “Windy with some rain Thursday night and then turning much cooler for Friday and next weekend.” The forecaster added the weekend will be “much cooler than of late with temperatures below normal”.
It said: “Windy at first, with occasional rain or hail showers. Cold at night, with some frost.”
is how low temperatures will fall tonight, bringing lots of frost in places