CARLOW WEATHER: Spots of sunshine but thundery showers on the way with risk of flooding

There will be a change in the weather outlook today with a possibility of thunderstorms over the day. 

Today is forecast to be warm and humid. It will be rather cloudy with some spells of hazy sunshine.

Met Éireann predicts scattered showers for Saturday, mainly in the south and west this morning, which will later spread to other parts. Some showers will be heavy or possibly thundery with the chance of spot flooding. Highest temperatures of 19 to 24 degrees, in a light to moderate southeasterly breeze.

It is expected to rain in Carlow from around 12 noon through to 2pm and later that evening from 5 to 7pm.

It will be very mild and muggy tonight. A few showers will continue overnight, heaviest in the north or west with possible thundery downpours. Many places will be dry with a mix of cloud and clear spells at first, before some mist and fog forms overnight. Temperatures will not fall below 13 to 16 degrees, with light southeasterly winds.

On Sunday it will be quite cloudy to start with lingering mist or fog slowly clearing. Warm sunny spells will develop as the day progresses. There will also be scattered slow moving showers, with heavy falls possible locally later. It will be humid, with highest temperatures of 20 to 24 or perhaps 25 degrees with a light southerly breeze.