Grab your hat, sunscreen and brolly: It’ll be ‘changeable’

Week will start with thundery bursts of rain before hot and humid temperatures arrive

Grab everything- sunscreen, umbrellas and hats - as we’re in for a week of Ireland’s wonderful “ changeable” weather.

The week will start with blustery and thundery showers and wind before hot and humid temperatures will take over mid-week. To complete the sequence the week will end with fresh, cooler conditions making their way across Ireland by the weekend.

Today will be very blustery with heavy and thundery bursts of rain. But don’t despair, there will be bright and sunny spells through the day.

Highest temperatures will reach 18 degrees and there will be strong and gusty southwest winds, especially in the western and southern coasts.

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A marine weather warning for small air craft has been issued on Tuesday for west to southwest winds that will increase to force six on Irish Sea coasts.

There will be showers during the early morning on Wednesday but these will die out midday.

The winds will ease for a dry, bright and sunny day with a top temperature hitting 20 degrees.

Night will bring unexpected cool temperatures for July as it drops between 6 to 8 degrees with mist patches at dawn.

The sun will return on Thursday but it will not stay for long as the cloud and drizzle take over during the day.

A warm front is expected to move in from the Atlantic and spread damp weather to Ulster in the evening.

It will be hot and humid in most parts of the country as temperatures with temperatures reaching 21 degrees.

The west coast will have some relief with a light fresh southerly breeze.

Friday will stay warm and humid with hazy sunny spells at 22 degrees.

Drizzle and fog will introduce themselves during the day before a cold front sweeps across Ireland during the afternoon bringing rain.

It will be fresher during the weekend with sunshine and scattered showers on Saturday.

Sunday will be cloudier and have spells of rain with temperatures around the mid to high teens.

Rachel Flaherty

Rachel Flaherty

Rachel Flaherty is an Irish Times journalist