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'Chance of hail' this week as the weather takes a turn

Expect widespread showers in the coming days.

TEMPERATURES WILL REACH up to 22 degrees in some parts of the country today, but the weather is set to turn cooler from tomorrow with heavy rain at times and even a chance of some hail.

“Staying cooler and fresher for a few days with showers becoming widespread and heavy followed by a spell of rain clearing to scattered showers later,” the medium-term outlook from Met Éireann says.

There’ll be a few showers around tomorrow with some turning heavy on Wednesday, and temperatures dropping down to 7 degrees that night.

Thursday will be a wet day, with showers turning heavy and thundery and a risk of hail, forecasters say.

It will continue to stay cooler than normal for the time of year with top temperatures around 14 to 17 degrees in moderate westerly winds.

A spell of rain will spread eastwards during Friday in blustery southerly winds. The rain will clear to showery conditions on Saturday.

The best temperatures today will be in the east and south, while it will be cooler in the west and north.

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    Mute ⚡ Seánie ⚡
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    Aug 6th 2018, 12:00 PM

    Hello Darkness my old friend

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    Mute man.over.board
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    Aug 6th 2018, 12:34 PM

    Well fe(k that. Just heading to Killarney for a week! First stay at home holiday in years, the driest warmest summer in history and the week I go on holiday normal weather resumes!!

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    Mute Lily
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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:03 PM

    @man.over.board: August is always monsoon season for Ireland, always. Only one day here or there is nice. Not worth it I’m afraid, unless you like the rain.

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    Mute Declan Fitzsimons
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    Aug 6th 2018, 3:43 PM

    @Lily: in fairness, thats a pile of crap

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    Mute Lucille Ball
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    Aug 6th 2018, 6:00 PM

    @man.over.board: listen for god sake man you’ll have a great time.. !

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    Mute Alan Fitzgerald
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    Aug 6th 2018, 7:05 PM

    @Declan Fitzsimons: August is traditionally one of the wettest months I think. September and May being usually the driest

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    Mute Liam Ward
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    Aug 6th 2018, 12:37 PM

    I knew there was something afoot the pain in my knee told me bloody arthritis acts up when weather changes

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    Mute Lily
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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:05 PM

    @Liam Ward: migraine starts when the weather changes, humidity is a killer, for the last week my head has been funny, tingling in my face, change of tone in tinnitus. It’s amazing how fine tuned our bodies are.

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    Mute Richard Sweeney
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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:12 PM

    @Lily: snap Lily. I thought i was coming down with something.

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    Mute Lily
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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:44 PM

    @Richard Sweeney:
    Nope it’s the weather, plays havoc with our bodies. Atmospheric pressure and humidity realesses certain chemicals in the brain, giving those susceptible (not everyone is susceptible) very real reactions.

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    Mute Mary Oliver
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    Aug 6th 2018, 6:08 PM

    @Lily: My osteoarthritis gets worse

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    Aug 6th 2018, 8:19 PM

    @Lily: Me too Lily. Serious sinus pressure too

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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:29 PM

    Happy fecking days.. As a night worker this summer has been a right pain in the ass.. Getting into bed at 6am and by 9 the neighbours kids are out jumping on a trampoline and the rest of the estate are cutting grass and power washing their cars.. Nothing like rain bouncing off the windows to get me asleep..

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    Aug 6th 2018, 10:16 PM

    @Travis: cutting their grass…Mine hasnt been cut for weeks, but I get your drift

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    Mute Jon Snow
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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:37 PM

    Winter is coming.

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    Mute Brian Kelleher
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    Aug 6th 2018, 2:33 PM

    @Jon Snow: you know nothing, john snow. now do that thing with your tongue again!!!!

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    Aug 7th 2018, 1:24 AM

    @Jon Snow: September / October might blow all of us out of it, so autumn has to come first with its fallen trees and massive waves?

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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:21 PM

    Poor Irish water….just as they print off the drought billboards

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    Aug 6th 2018, 12:19 PM

    Noooooo

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    Aug 6th 2018, 12:25 PM

    Hail!? Hail!?Wow Ireland. We just go from extreem to extreem so quickly. Jeez!

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    Aug 6th 2018, 1:03 PM

    There was hail in Monaghan last week!

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    Aug 6th 2018, 5:22 PM

    Does a ‘southerly wind’ blow towards the south, or blow from the south?

    Don’t tell me it’s the latter or I’ve been misreading weather reports for decades.

    If you’re walking in a rightly direction, you’re going from the left towards the right.

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