Photo: Ireland from space at midday today. Image NASA
TRENDS for the week of 14 to 20 April 2021 --
-- Temperatures will average about 1 to 2 deg below normal values, cooler in eastern counties.
-- Rainfalls will average 25 to 50 per cent of normal, somewhat heavier in west, and mainly this coming weekend.
-- Sunshine will average near normal values or slightly above in some places, winds generally light to moderate.
FORECASTS
TONIGHT will bring some slight frosts again with mostly clear skies and lows -2 to +3 C.
THURSDAY will be sunny with cloudy intervals, highs 12 to 14 C east and 13 to 16 C west.
FRIDAY will see increasing cloud and some light rain at times near west coast by afternoon, lows 1 to 4 C and highs 11 to 13 C.
SATURDAY will be cloudy with occasional light rain, 3 to 7 mm expected,
heavier amounts west and south. Lows near 6 C and highs 10 to 13 C.
SUNDAY will be partly cloudy with showers as this weak disturbance
begins to break up gradually, a bit warmer in general with lows near 7 C
and highs 12 to 16 C.
MONDAY will bring gradual clearing and somewhat cooler temperatures in a
weak northerly flow, lows near 6 C and highs near 12 C.
NEXT WEEK looks mainly settled and fairly bland with temperatures near
average values for late April, highs 13 to 16 C and frosts in a few
inland locations but lows mostly around 2 to 7 C.
Towards the end of the month there could be another rather cold interval as winds return to a northerly direction.