TRENDS for the week of 6 to 12 July 2021 --
-- Temperatures will average about 1.0 deg below normal.
-- Rainfall will average about 25 per cent above normal.
-- Sunshine will average only 50 per cent of normal.
-- Winds generally light to moderate.
FORECASTS
TODAY will be cloudy with some heavy rain showers moving further south
from west Ulster through Connacht eventually spreading into the midlands
and southeast. Amounts of 10-20 mm are expected. Highs 16 to 19 C.
TONIGHT will see this rain increasingly confined to the south, before
ending as drizzle and fog by morning, with more isolated showers further
north, lows near 12 C.
WEDNESDAY will have a rather cloudy start with showers, then intervals
of cloud and sunshine by afternoon, a few isolated showers still around
and highs near 19 C.
THURSDAY will be partly cloudy with better sunshine than most days in this outlook, lows near 8 C and highs 20 to 23 C.
FRIDAY will be mostly cloudy with outbreaks of light rain, humid with highs near 19 C.
SATURDAY will be partly cloudy to overcast with showers, highs near 21 C.
SUNDAY will be breezy and cooler with showers, highs near 18 C.
Most of next week will remain unsettled with temperatures generally around normal for July.
Peter for IWO.