High temperature warning extended for nine counties
Kenneth Fox
A status yellow high temperature warning for nine counties has been extended into Friday evening.
20 counties in the midlands, west and south are already under a similar advisory until 6am on Friday.
Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford come under another yellow alert from 12 noon until 8pm on Friday.
⚠️High Temps warning - Carlow Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Offaly Westmeath Cavan Donegal Munster Connacht
⌛️12:00 Wed to 06:00 Fri 17/07
New❗️⚠️High Temps warning - Carlow Kilkenny Laois Offaly Wexford Cork Limerick Tipperary Waterford
⏳12:00 Fri 17/07 to 20:00 Fri 17/07 pic.twitter.com/SjielIEbVi
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Thursday will be very warm and largely dry with plenty of sunshine.
There is a slight chance of one or two showers developing in the south and west. Highest temperatures of 24 to 29 or 30 degrees, warmest in the Midlands and west with light northeast or variable breezes.
Friday will be dry with light to moderate northerly breezes. It will be sunniest over Munster and Leinster with the highest temperatures of 25 and 28 degrees, warmest in the south.
It will be somewhat cloudier and a bit cooler in Connacht and Ulster with highest temperatures of 17 to 24 degrees.
Overall, high pressure will continue to dominate. Continuing mainly dry with sunny spells. A bit cooler than recently with northerly breezes.
Saturday will be dry with moderate northerly breezes.
The best of the sunshine will be over Munster and Leinster, with the highest temperatures of 21 to 25 degrees.
It will be somewhat cloudier over Connacht and Ulster, with the highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees. Saturday night will be dry with clear spells, a few patches of mist and fog, and lowest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.
Sunday will be dry with sunny spells and northerly breezes. Again, it will be warmest over Leinster and Munster with the best of the sunshine and highs of 21 to 25 degrees. There'll be a bit more cloud over Connacht and Ulster with highs of 16 to 21 degrees.
Monday to Thursday will continue largely dry with mainly north to northwest breezes. It will be cloudy at times, especially over Connacht and Ulster, where temperatures will range from about 16 to 21 degrees.
Munster and Leinster will be warmer with more sunshine and highest temperatures of 20 to 25 degrees.
