How long will the sunshine last?
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What unusual weather is Ireland experiencing right now?
Now, there's a headline in the sun today. Costa del Donegal is as hot as Spain. And we do love, don't we? We get obsessed with, is it hotter here than the Canaries and hotter than here and there? So it does look like yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far. Will today beat it? BBC weather presenter, Bara Best. Good morning. Hello there. Good morning, Brendan. Bara, how did yesterday's temperatures compare with the average for this time of year in Ireland?
Yeah, I mean, I think the headline there sums it up pretty nicely. The Costa del Donegal. Lovely photographs coming in of Carrickfin Beach at Donegal Airport where we hit 22 degrees. That temperature is probably in and around nine degrees above average for the time of year. Many other places around the country, I have to say, weren't too far behind. There was a lot of 20s and the odd 21 degrees as well. But it was Donegal that stole the limelight yesterday. We're not likely to hit that today, I'm afraid. We have a little bit more cloud around and we also have a few spots of rain in and around the Midlands. That should fizzle away.
How do current temperatures compare to historical averages in Ireland?
But we're still looking today at temperatures well above average for the time of year by about six, maybe seven Celsius.
OK, so this is abnormal. So, of course, we'll get used to it very quickly now and expect it, but we probably shouldn't get used to it. How is the rest of the week going to unfold and next week?
Yeah, you're absolutely right. It is fairly abnormal. It's not too unusual to get blips like this. We do get periods of warmer than normal weather in the spring and in the summer, the same way as we get kind of cold spells that are colder than normal in the winter months. But we get to enjoy it at least after what was a very dismal start to the year. And the good news is it's set to last into tomorrow and for much of next week. There is a little bit of bad news, I'm afraid, for you, Brendan.
Yeah.
It always comes, it seems, in time before the bank holiday weekend. It does look as though the weather is going to begin to break, probably in towards the end of Thursday, certainly into Friday. The latest charts we have indicate some showers and potentially heavy thundery showers breaking the fine spell of weather.
I presume there's a certain level of uncertainty, Barry, in that kind of long term forecast. That could change, could it?
Yes, the good news is it could change. But, you know, we have a fairly good idea of what's going to come up in the next few days, you know, two or three days out. It's fairly certain we can kind of go with that.
We can keep refreshing the forecast for next weekend. And Camille, would you be prepared to make any kind of, obviously everyone's thinking, you know, are we going to have a great summer? Are we going to have a great May? Is there any tea leaves you can read on that?
Do you know, I would love to be able to tell you, Brendan, that it's going to be a barbecue summer to cancel all your foreign holidays, stay at home, because we all know when we get the weather here in Ireland, it's the most beautiful country in the world. Nobody can argue with that. But unfortunately, we can't. It's just too far away. At this point, all we can do is live in hope.
Okay. Now, there are wildfire warnings in effect across the country. Tell me about those.
Yeah, I mean, I think this came as a surprise to a lot of people after the very wet weather we had recently. These warnings were issued and people were asking the question, how can this be possible? The ground is absolutely soaked wet. But it just takes a few days for the ground and the shrubs and that kind of thing to dry out very quickly. So an amber warning, an orange warning rather, has been issued across the Republic right through until noon on Monday. A yellow warning is enforced in the north as well for that. We've already seen wildfires breaking out in Clonmany and County Donegal. There was some concern with those fires as well because they came fairly close to homes. And a lot of people criticising anyone who maybe is involved in perhaps lighting these fires because it can be irresponsible, especially when it's very windy.
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