{"id":284379,"date":"2026-01-14T18:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/284379\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:58:13","slug":"cold-snap-on-the-way-with-temperatures-dropping-and-hail-frost-and-thunder-on-the-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/284379\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold snap on the way with temperatures dropping and hail, frost and thunder on the cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rain will turn heavy and possibly thundery at times today with a clearance moving from the west in the evening\n<\/p>\n

There will also be plenty of dry weather but also some rain and shower in store.<\/p>\n

Today will be start off mostly dry with some clear spells further east.<\/p>\n

However, it will become wet and breezy through the morning and afternoon with rain, turning heavy and possibly thundery at times, spreading eastwards across the country.<\/p>\n

A clearance to scattered showers will follow from the west in the evening.<\/p>\n

There will be highest temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees, coolest in Ulster.<\/p>\n

Any lingering rain in the north and east will clear, leaving a dry night for many with long clear spells, but with scattered showers feeding into Atlantic coastal counties.<\/p>\n

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Today’s News in 90 – Wednesday January 14 <\/p>\n

Some frost is possible with lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees and mostly moderate southwesterly winds tonight. <\/p>\n

Tomorrow will be a dry day for many with plenty of sunshine.<\/p>\n

There will be scattered showers, some of which will be heavy with a chance of hail or thunder, impacting Atlantic coastal counties.<\/p>\n

The day\u2019s highest temperatures will range between 5 to 10 degrees and will be coolest in Ulster. <\/p>\n

Thursday evening will see a mix of dry clear spells and showers, some of which will merge into more persistent spells of rain.<\/p>\n

Some mist and fog patches will develop too with lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees.<\/p>\n

Friday will see fog potentially linger in parts, it will be a dry day for many with some bright spells.<\/p>\n

Showers, some of which could be heavy and with a chance of hail and thunder, will mainly affect southern and eastern parts.<\/p>\n

There will be highest temperatures ranging between 4 to 9 degrees, coolest in the northwest and mildest in the southeast. Friday night will be dry apart from coastal showers mainly affecting the southern and eastern coastal parts.<\/p>\n

Widespread fog will develop with freezing fog possible too.<\/p>\n

There will be lowest temperatures of between -1 to +4 degrees, highest in the east.<\/p>\n

Saturday will see fog linger in parts and will be a generally cloudy day with limited bright spells.<\/p>\n

It will be dry for many with isolated showers or light rain and drizzle mainly affecting southern and eastern coastal areas.<\/p>\n

There will be highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees with a light easterly or variable breeze. On Sunday there will be some mist and fog patches early on.<\/p>\n

It will be generally cloudy with limited bright spells. While there will be some patchy light rain and drizzle, there will be plenty of dry weather overall. Rain will push into the west later in the day. Sunday will see highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees, with light to moderate southeasterly winds. Looking ahead to next week low pressure will dominate and bring unsettled and mixed conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rain will turn heavy and possibly thundery at times today with a clearance moving from the west in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,13,14,6,11,23,12,15,16,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-284379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-featured-news","11":"tag-featurednews","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-latest-news-ticker","15":"tag-latestnews","16":"tag-main-news","17":"tag-mainnews","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-topstories","21":"tag-world","22":"tag-world-news","23":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115894989893170479","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}