Latest Laois Weather: This week’s forecast for Laois
Your local weather forecast for Laois for coming week
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Monday, 17 July, 2023 ___ Forecasts for Ireland
TRENDS for the week ahead will be rather close to average in all respects, although sunshine may run about 75 to 90 per cent of normal. Tuesday and Saturday will be wetter days than the rest in this interval. Partly cloudy skies with scattered showers will be a fairly frequent description of the next few weeks.
FORECASTS
TODAY will be partly cloudy to overcast with a few outbreaks of light rain mostly over portions of the south midlands to east coast. Rainfall amounts of 3-5 mm are possible in a narrow band from about north Tipps to Wicklow. Many other areas will be either dry or will see trace to 1 mm amounts of rain; highs 15 to 18 C. Some rain will develop off the southwest coast and may move inland late in the day.
TONIGHT will become wet across most of Munster, and later south Connacht and south Leinster. Overcast with a few breaks further north. Lows 8 to 11 C.
TUESDAY will be overcast with rain with a few thunderstorms possible. Winds will be rather light in this system, but west coast counties may see some intervals of moderate northerly breezes 30-50 km/hr, in general highs will be near 16 C although some cooler air may be trapped under low cloud in the northern counties, a few locations could see readings near record low values for July daytime hours (12 to 14 C) where cloud persists. Any breaks in the overcast will allow temperatures to reach 17 or 18 C. Rainfalls of 15 to 30 mm are likely with heaviest amounts in the midlands, inland south and east.
WEDNESDAY some further rain early morning as the system pulls away slowly, winds turning northerly over all regions, and rain more showery by later morning into the afternoon. Lows near 11 C and highs near 17 C.
On THURSDAY, variable cloud and isolated showers, but some drier intervals with perhaps longer sunny intervals developing. Lows near 7 C and highs 17 to 19 C.
By FRIDAY, sunny intervals then partly cloudy, breezy with outbreaks of light rain in north and west by late in the day, lows near 10 C and highs 16 to 19 C.
SATURDAY will become wet and breezy with some heavy showers and thunderstorms possible, lows near 12 C and highs near 18 C.
SUNDAY cloudy with a few breaks, widespread scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, lows near 10 C and highs near 16 C.
A similar regime will continue through the last week of July with near average temperatures and mixtures of dry days and occasional outbreaks of rain.