Ireland weather: Five days of no rain forecast as Met Eireann confirm double digit temperatures

Five days of no rain have been forecast as Met Eireann has confirmed that temperatures will reach the double digits in the coming days.

Between Monday, 13 January to Sunday, 19 January, the weather is expected to be dominated by high pressure over Ireland leading to largely settled conditions.

Met.ie wrote: “There is a signal for temperatures to be slightly higher than average for the time of year with precipitation amounts expected to below average. Given the time of year frost and fog may develop under these conditions with areas of fog and low cloud slow to clear during the day.”

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WX Charts, a weather forecasting website, updated their weather models for Ireland and found that the weather will be much drier next week. There will be short bouts of drizzle, but between Wednesday, 15 January, to Sunday, 19 January, it currently looks like it will be rain-free.

As the days progress, the weather forecast for this period will become clearer.

Here is your weather forecast for the days ahead:

Thursday, 9 January

Very cold this morning with widespread frost and ice lingering. Sunny spells will develop later with just a scattering of cloud in a cold northerly breeze. A few isolated wintry showers will drift in over Connacht and Ulster for a time but elsewhere should hold dry. Highs really struggling at just 0 to 4 degrees.

Very cold and dry tonight with frost setting in early. Cloud will push in from the south later with outbreaks of rain across Munster and winds staying light. Bitterly cold with lowest temperature of -7 to -2 degrees with the lowest temperatures occurring early in the night. Frost, ice and black ice patches expected.

Friday, 10 January

Cloudy with rain spreading from the southwest early in the morning. Turning to sleet and snow along high ground across Munster and Connacht. Staying largely dry across Leinster and Ulster with highest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees.

Quite an overcast night with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Perhaps not as cold as pervious nights either with lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees with light winds.

Saturday, 11 January

Staying rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle gradually clearing away to the north. Some isolated bright or sunny spells will develop and it should stay dry through the afternoon. Light southerly breezes and highs of 4 to 8 degrees.

A cloudy night overall but mostly dry too. Some patchy drizzle about western coasts but it will be a milder night than previously too. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees with light southerly breezes. Some mist and fog patches will form overnight, quite dense in the southwest for a time.

Sunday, 12 January

Another rather overcast day with freshening southerly breeze. Rain will gradually develop along western counties during the afternoon but it should hold dry across much of the country through to the evening. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees.

Next Week

Current indications are for high pressure to develop to the southeast of the country but a few frontal systems will clip western and northern counties too. Overall rather mixed with cloud and drizzle along Atlantic coastal fringes but drier and perhaps sunnier in the southeast.