Saturday 24 July, 2021
The warning comes ahead of an end to the recent dry spell.
Temperatures are to stay above 17 or 18 degrees again tonight.
We’ve compiled some tips and advice on how to stay cool at night during the hot weather.
Met Éireann said at least nine weather observing stations have met heat wave criteria.
The past few days have been absolute scorchers.
Met Éireann has a High Temperature Advisory in place until midday on Friday.
Temperatures in the high 20s are expected to remain a feature across the island over the coming week.
High to very high UV levels are expected today and over the coming days.
Temperatures of 31.2 degrees Celsius were recorded in Co Down today.
The high temperatures and warm weather will continue over the weekend and into next week.
Thousands are homeless after days of heavy storms that caused flash floods in Germany and Belgium.
The warm spell is to last until at least Tuesday, according to Met Éireann.
Photos posted on social media show cars submerged on flooded roads.
Temperatures are set to reach 25 degrees later this week.
Elsewhere, power supplies were affected after another huge fire in Oregon.
The good weather will kick in later this week.
A hurricane warning was in effect for a long stretch of coastline, from Egmont Key to the Steinhatchee River.
Records were first established in the country in 1909.
Today will be cloudy in the north but bright and sunny elsewhere.
With sunny spells and rain showers, it’s a mixed bag of weather today.
Elsa has caused widespread damage in several eastern Caribbean islands as a Category 1 hurricane.
Heavy rain has been lashing across Japan since earlier this week.
Elsa is the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and the earliest fifth-named storm on record.
There will be scattered showers tomorrow and heavier rainfall on Sunday.
In Vancouver, police have responded to more than 65 sudden deaths since the heatwave began.
Expect sunny spells from the afternoon onward.
Officials said more than a half-dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to the intense heat.
The Egyptian national was held after an online rant about dust storms.
Met Éireann says today will be cool and fresh, with just a few sunny intervals.
A light raincoat might come in handy this week.
Get your outdoor activities done tomorrow, if you can.
In a nutshell, it’ll be grand.
It will be cooler in Atlantic coastal areas with temperatures ranging between 15 and 19 degrees.
As people travel to the water to cool down this weekend, Water Safety Ireland have asked the public to be careful.
Sunny spells are to become more frequent in the latter part of the week.
The grass pollen count will be high in most of the country tomorrow.
