Scattered heavy showers and risk of thunderstorms will push across Ireland during the afternoon and evening following strong winds and heavy rain overnight.
Belmullet, County Mayo, and Malin Head, County Donegal, both recorded max gusts of 108 km/h with wind speeds.
Meanwhile, Casement in Dublin and Roches Point in Cork both recorded a 104 km/h gust.
There was a notable drop in pressure from midnight to midday with the pressure at Belmullet dropping from 1002 to 988 millibars in the 12-hour period.
Heavy rain has cleared into The Irish Sea and will be followed by scattered heavy showers with some thunderstorm activity.
A number of sporting fixtures, including the National Hurling League clash of Kilkenny versus Wexford at Nowlan Park, falling foul of the weather.
The showers will become well scattered overnight. After a dry and bright start to Monday, further scattered heavy showers will affect the western half of Ireland west in fresh south-westerly winds later turning westerly. It will stay largely bright with good spells of sunshine elsewhere,
Monday will be a shade cooler than this weekend with top temperatures of 8c to 10c.
The best of the weather this week will be in the eastern half of Ireland which will see plenty of sunshine. There will be showers or longer spells of rain at times in the western half, but even here there will be sunshine at times.
Frosty nights are expected, particularly on Wednesday and Thursday night.
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| The GFS ensembles show lower temperatures and precipitation levels for the coming week. |
Latest indications are that it will turn milder and more unsettled by Friday with strong winds and more widespread returning.
Latest indications are that it will turn milder and more unsettled by the weekend.
The below graphic shows wind gust predictions for Sunday by WeathÉire and the final outcome for Mace Head, Malin Head, Belmullet, Valentia Observatory, Cork Airport, Dublin Airport and Belfast Airport.
