{"id":406295,"date":"2026-04-19T07:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406295\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T07:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:28:10","slug":"plenty-of-sun-as-ireland-to-be-driest-in-europe-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406295\/","title":{"rendered":"Plenty of sun as Ireland to be &#8216;driest&#8217; in Europe this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A weather expert has revealed the weather for the coming week is best described as \u2018jumper on, jumper off,\u2019 but there is some good news.<\/p>\n<p>Friday saw some further downpours, while the sun poked through on Saturday and brought some warm spells.<\/p>\n<p>In a bout of long-awaited good weather news, the foreseeable week is looking to be a continuation of sunny spells.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1764714\"  \/>A weather expert has revealed the weather for the coming week is best described as \u2018jumper on, jumper off,\u2019 but there is some good news. Pic: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Carlow Weather\u2019s Alan O\u2019Reilly took to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.x.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a> on Saturday evening with some exciting news as he shared that Ireland was to be \u2018one of the driest spots in Europe over the next 10 days.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It came as the weather expert also warned that the week ahead would be best described as \u2018\u201djumper on, jumper off\u201d weather.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a welcome relief following a winter of torrential rain and plenty of wind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/weather4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1764713\"  \/>Similarly, Met \u00c9ireann have positive news as they forecast \u2018plenty of dry and bright, albeit breezy at times, weather.\u2019 Pic: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Met \u00c9ireann have positive news as they forecast \u2018plenty of dry and bright, albeit breezy at times, weather.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The national forecaster added: \u2018Temperatures will increase later in the week too.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the day ahead, Sunday will see dry and sunny spells, with just the odd light shower. Temperatures may hit up to 15, with the forecaster confirming it will be mildest in the west.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The weather over the next week is best described as \u2018jumper on, jumper off\u2019 weather. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jt9HIVSsyB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Jt9HIVSsyB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlowWeather\/status\/2045488946918940995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Sunday night will see a \u2018relatively cold night\u2019 with long clear spells, and just some mist and fog patches. Coldest conditions are expected for Leinster and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extra.ie\/tag\/ulster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ulster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Monday is looking to be another mostly dry day with \u2018just the odd light shower\u2019 while night-time will continue dry with a few isolated showers.<\/p>\n<p>Sunny spells and the occasional shower will continue into Tuesday, which the forecaster notes will be a breezier day to start with.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Wednesday will be breezy but dry for most, with temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday has a similar outlook with temperatures potentially even increasing to 16 or 17 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.met.ie\/national-forecast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Met \u00c9ireann<\/a> said Friday will be mostly dry, giving way to plenty of sunshine and temperatures hitting the high teens for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ireland forecast to be one of the driest spots in Europe over the next 10 days. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hxfw6DcTKr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Hxfw6DcTKr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlowWeather\/status\/2045562167571730652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A weather expert has revealed the weather for the coming week is best described as \u2018jumper on, jumper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-406295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}