Forecaster pinpoints change in Mayo weather

Wednesday is the last day of the really hot weather, says Met Éireann forecaster Gerry Murphy.

Over the next 24 hours, the airflow will change gradually, so our weather will once again, as normal, come more from the west as we go towards the end of the week, and that will mean that there will be a drop in temperature, with levels dropping to normal May levels for the bank holiday weekend of high teens and low twenties.

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland, Murphy said that the weather over the weekend will be “typical Irish weather”, which would mean a mix of sunshine, clouds and some rain.

Temperatures will remain high on Wednesday, possibly getting up to 30 degrees in some areas. However, there is also the threat of showers, some of which could be thunder showers.

Thursday will be cloudier with the possibility of some showers in the south and west, Friday could be dry, but then rain will move in again on Saturday with a few showers on Sunday and more rain on bank holiday Monday.

“After Wednesday, we’re back to what we'd see as a typical mix of Irish weather, not as warm."

Murphy added that it was not unusual to have “a decent spell of weather” in the month of May. But it was unusual for it to be so hot so early in the summer. With climate change, there was a likelihood of more intense heat events.