Thunderstorm warning in place for Galway and Mayo
Kenneth Fox
A status yellow thunderstorm warning is in effect for Galway and Mayo.
The alert will last until 9 am, with Met Eireann warning of risks of spot flooding, difficult travelling conditions and lightning strikes.
It follows a similar warning for Cork, Limerick and Tipperary on Monday.
⚠️Status Yellow - Thunderstorm warning ⚠️for Galway, Mayo
Heavy thundery downpours & lightning⛈️
⏲️Valid till 09:00 Tuesday 04/08
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— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 4, 2026
Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and rather misty to begin with some scattered outbreaks of showery rain and drizzle in places, and with some heavy thundery downpours for a time this morning, mainly across Connacht and possibly Ulster too, with some spot flooding.
It will brighten up with some sunny spells gradually developing, along with further showers, some heavy.
There is a chance of more thunderstorms into the afternoon too, with these most likely over parts of Ulster and Leinster.
Humid with highest temperatures of 18 to 23 or 24 degrees, warmest in the east and south, with light to moderate southwest winds, becoming mostly moderate westerly, increasing fresh and occasionally gusty along the west coast in the evening.
Wednesday will be a rather windy day, indeed windy further north, and it'll be fresher than recently.
It will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle affecting much of Ulster, and mainly north Connacht and north Leinster, accompanied by fresh to strong and occasionally gusty westerly winds, reaching near gale or gale force in northwestern coastal parts.
The rain will be heaviest and most persistent in the northwest, with some spot flooding possible. It will be much drier and brighter elsewhere, with some sunny spells and a few well-scattered showers and mostly moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty westerly winds, strong at times.
Highest temperatures will range from 14 degrees in the northwest, up to 19 or 20 degrees in the southeast.
