Ireland can expect to see temperatures soar up to 32 degrees today as the heatwave persists.
Met Éireann has issued a status yellow weather warning for high temperatures throughout the weekend.
Sunday will be another hot day with temperatures of up to 30 degrees, although it won't be as hot in the north and northwest.
⚠️UPDATED - High Temperature warning ⚠️
We have updated our warning for the weekend.
Impacts:
• Heat stress, especially for the more vulnerable
• High Solar UV index
• Risk of water related incidentsFor full details see⬇️https://t.co/Xg3aMJlyuShttps://t.co/iILCy6JlwU pic.twitter.com/iEwQh4zHTQ
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 12, 2022
Most of the country will be dry and sunny during the morning but the north and northwest won't be as hot and may see a few showers later on in the day.
Temperatures are set to recede on Monday, with heavy downpours possible.
The country is set to cool down to much lower temperatures in the high teens or low twenties.
Saturday will be hot, mostly dry & sunny with highs reaching 26 to 31°C, locally higher in a few parts of Leinster & Munster ☀️🥵
Some cloud in the afternoon with a chance of an isolated thundershower developing ⛈️
Sea breezes will keep temperatures slightly lower near coasts🍃 pic.twitter.com/tIDYwUA0mV
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 12, 2022
Meteorologist Cathal Nolan, from Ireland's Weather Channel, said we may see weather warnings issued.
"In terms of the longevity of the conditions that we're seeing at the moment, it looks as though we'll see a more substantial change as we go into Monday
We were saying those higher temperatures in parts of the east and southeast for a time on Monday, but with that we will see an increase in that instability within the atmosphere
So there will be more widespread, heavy, thundery showers downpours through Monday
"It's likely that a weather warnings will probably be issued in due course."
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