'Chance of hail' Carlow weather forecast for the weekend and it's not looking good

Met Éireann have provided their weather forecast for County Carlow and surrounding areas for the next few days.

Today: "Rain will become widespread through the morning and for a time in the afternoon, some of it heavy at times. A clearance to mostly dry weather will extend northeastwards though through the afternoon. A breezy day with moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty south to southeast winds, veering westerly and easing later. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 or 18 degrees."

This evening: "Tonight will bring some clear spells but with scattered showers spreading from the west overnight, some heavy. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in mostly light to moderate west to southwest winds."

Friday: "Tomorrow, Friday will bring scattered showers, some heavy with a chance of hail and a slight chance of thunder. There'll be some sunny spells too. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in light to moderate west to southwest winds."

National Outlook for Saturday: "While Saturday will bring some bright or sunny spells at times in places, there'll be further showers or longer spells, again some of it heavy, with a chance of thunder. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 or 18 degrees in mostly light to moderate variable winds, though westerly winds will be fresh, occasionally strong and gusty, for a time in the west and southwest, strongest in coastal parts."

"There'll be further showers early on Saturday night, but they'll tend to die away and it'll become dry in most places with long clear spells developing. Some mist and fog patches are likely though and it'll become cloudy in parts of the north and northwest with showery rain moving in there. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees, with winds decreasing mostly light westerly."

Sunday: "It looks like Sunday will bring a mix of weather across the country. It'll most likely be cloudy across the northern half of the country with outbreaks of showery rain, some of it heavy, while it'll be brighter further south with sunshine, but still some showers too. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees, warmest in the sunshine in the south, in mostly light to moderate westerly winds."