WEATHER: Leitrim to be warmer next week, national forecaster
Leitrim is to become warmer and drier with patchy rain on Friday giving way to a few showers over the weekend.
Leitrim is to be warmer next week with temperatures in the high teens or low twenties. While there will be some rain and drizzle on Monday and Tuesday, amounts will remain low but more persistent rain is possible around midweek, according to Met Éireann, the Irish meteorological service.
Meanwhile, Leitrim is to become warmer and drier with patchy rain on Friday giving way to a few showers over the weekend.
Today will bring a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers which will become more isolated through the afternoon and cloud thickening this evening with drizzle about the coast.
Highest temperatures will be between 13 to 15 degrees and there will be light to moderate westerly winds, the national forecaster added.
Tonight will see patchy light rain and drizzle at first with rain becoming more persistent overnight, with some heavy bursts. Lowest temperatures will be between 8 to 10 degrees with light westerly winds becoming moderate southerly with the rain.
Tomorrow will be a dull and wet morning with widespread rain at first but rain will become patchier through the morning. However it will remain cloudy and damp through the day with some mist and hill fog. Highest temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees with moderate to fresh southwest winds.
Later in the week, Saturday will be dry with sunny spells with highest temperatures generally of 17 to 21 degrees, though cooler in Ulster and west Connacht with temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees.
Sunday will be a dry day with spells of sunshine and a light northeasterly breeze and highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees in a light easterly breeze.