Latest Laois News: Weekly Weather Forecast for Laois

The weather outlook for Laois for this week

Weather Forecast courtesy of Irish Weather Online

TRENDS for the week of 4 to 10 Aug 2021

Temperatures will average about 1 degree below normal in most places. Rainfall will average near normal, to 25 per cent above normal, with the higher amounts expected in south Ulster and north Leinster. Sunshine will average 50 to 75 per cent of normal (cloud will prevail most of the time). Winds are dropping back to light for a while, moderate again later in the week.

FORECASTS

TODAY will be partly cloudy to overcast with showers or intervals of light rain, highs 16 to 18 C.

TONIGHT will be overcast with occasional light rain, lows 8 to 11 C.

THURSDAY will be mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain, heavier towards evening in the west, and this will spread into the inland north overnight. Some moderate westerly wind gusts near the south coast but a slack gradient will prevent that elsewhere. Lows 8 to 11 C and highs near 17 C.

FRIDAY will see further heavy showers moving slowly through parts of Ulster and Leinster, somewhat less unsettled elsewhere although some showers expected, lows near 10 C and highs near 16 C.

SATURDAY will be partly to mostly cloudy with occasional showers, lows near 10 C and highs near 16 C.SUNDAY will be partly cloudy with occasional showers, lows near 8 C and highs near 17 C.

NEXT WEEK still looks a bit better than this current week although the improvements now must be described as slight, with longer intervals between smaller outbreaks of rain. Temperatures could come up a bit as a result of more sunshine.