{"id":542243,"date":"2026-07-10T05:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542243\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T05:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:29:08","slug":"highs-of-29c-as-met-eireann-says-tropical-nights-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542243\/","title":{"rendered":"Highs of 29C as Met \u00c9ireann says tropical nights possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Met \u00c9ireann has said uncomfortable sleeping conditions are expected over the weekend with overnight temperatures set to exceed 15C.<\/p>\n<p>A Status Yellow High Temperature warning will come into effect from 1pm this afternoon for 12 counties, with consistent daytime highs of over 27C expected.<\/p>\n<p>The warning covers counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.<\/p>\n<p>It will remain in place until 7am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are forecast to hit 29C today, with conditions warmest in the south. Met \u00c9ireann said heatwave conditions are expected to last into next week.<\/p>\n<p>The forecaster has advised the high temperatures could result in tropical nights leading to uncomfortable sleeping conditions, as well as heat stress and dehydration \u2013 particularly among older people.<\/p>\n<p>Caution has been urged too around waterways due to increased use of lakes and beaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Met \u00c9ireann has said uncomfortable sleeping conditions are expected over the weekend with overnight temperatures set to exceed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-542243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542243","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=542243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}