CARLOW WEATHER: Unsettled and wet conditions on the way for Easter weekend
Looking unsettled for the Easter weekend with mild temperatures to start but turning cooler at the start of next week. Widespread heavy showers are expected with possible localised flooding in places.
Today
Starting dull and locally misty with scattered outbreaks of rain. Whilst some sunny spells will gradually break through later, scattered showers will follow too, clearing northwards this evening. Mild and humid with highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees, in a mostly light to moderate southwest breeze.
Tonight will be mostly dry but turning rather misty or foggy with some patchy rain moving into the south later. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in light variable or southerly breezes.
Saturday
Any overnight mist or fog will clear early on Saturday to give a mostly dry start with some sunny spells, though patchy rain will affect southern counties. Staying mostly dry for daylight hours, though patches of rain may occur later, especially across the midlands. Highest temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees, in mostly moderate southeasterly breezes.
Further outbreaks of rain occurring after-dark with some possibly heavy and persistent falls, leading to localised flooding. A mild and humid night with mist and fog in parts. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees in a light southeasterly breeze.
Easter Sunday
A wet start in many areas with widespread falls of rain early, followed in turn by heavy showers with the chance of hail. Highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees, but turning cooler as the rain clears. Breezy in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.
Becoming largely dry with clear spells on Sunday night, though scattered showers will feed into western coastal areas. A cold night with lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees in light southwest breezes.
Easter Monday
Feeling cooler with a mix of sunny spells and blustery showers, some possibly heavy with hail across the north. Highest temperatures of just 9 to 12 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly winds.