The rain and drizzle will mostly become confined to northern parts of Ulster later in the afternoon, while it’ll become mostly dry for the rest of the country.
However, a band of heavier rain and strong winds will move in along the west coast later in the evening, bringing very high tides.
Met Éireann has warned that this may result in “coastal flooding” and “wave overtopping”.
A Status Yellow wind warning has been issued from 7pm this evening until 2am tomorrow morning for Galway and Mayo.
There is the potential for some coastal flooding and wave over-topping during this time bringing difficult travelling conditions and the potential for “damage to temporary structures”.
Temperatures today will reach 18 degrees dropping to 11 degrees overnight, when it will be wet and windy, with heavy rain and strong gale force winds in the west.
7-Day Weather Forecast: 19th – 25th of August 2024
On Thursday morning rain will clear and it’ll be mostly dry in the morning and afternoon with some sunshine for a while, and just a few rain showers.
However, it’ll become increasingly cloudy through the day, with rain spreading eastwards across much of the country in the evening, becoming heavy in places.
Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees dropping to 9 degrees during a wet night, with heavy rain and some thundery downpours, and with the possibility of coastal and surface water flooding.
While the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto will have passed us by on Friday, it will be a blustery day with sunshine and some heavy showers.
There is also the potential for a few “isolated thunderstorms”.
Highest temperatures during the day of 14 to 18 degrees, dropping to 8 degrees during what will be a clear night.
The worst of the bad weather will be over by Saturday, which will be a bright day with sunshine and showers, with some of them heavy.
There’ll be good period of dry spells too, especially further to the east and south.
While Saturday won’t be as blustery in general as previous days, it’ll still be a breezy day with strong winds at times.
Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees during the day, dropping to what will be the coldest night for a while, at 7 degrees.
Sunday will start off mostly dry, with some sunshine for a time, especially in the midlands and east.
However it’s likely to become cloudier elsewhere with some showery rain as temperatures jump back up to 18 degrees.
“After a mainly dry start to Monday, it looks like weather will become more unsettled once again early next week, with further spells of wet and blustery weather on the way,” Met Éireann said.