It’s a wet start to the new year as Galway can expect rainy conditions to prevail today and tomorrow, but improving as the week goes on.
Weather will be cloudy today with rain forecast for most of the day, turning heavy for much of the afternoon and early evening.
Highest temperatures this afternoon of 7 to 8 degrees, with light to moderate easterly winds, which will turn southwesterly and become strong and gusty as the evening progresses.
Drier conditions will prevail overnight, with some scattered showers and overnight air temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees, but the biting wind will make that feel much lower.
On Tuesday there will be continued outbreaks of rain across Galway, becoming more scattered as the day progresses.
Conditions will remain mostly cloudy, but there will be a chance for some scattered sunshine in the afternoon.
Highest afternoon temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees tomorrow, dropping to lows of 6 to 7 degrees overnight.
Light to moderate southerly or variable winds will become mainly southwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday will see conditions continuing to improve, with scattered rain mostly petering out by the afternoon and a better chance for some sunshine.
Highest temperatures of 7 to 8 degrees on Wednesday, with strong and gusty southwesterly and westerly winds becoming more moderate later in the day.
Headed into the second half of the week the weather will be fairer, with a greater chance for sunshine to be had from Thursday onwards.
However, Met Eireann is also forecasting another cold spell coming on later in the week, with subzero temperatures approaching at the weekend.
