Not too bad here in Galway, it must be said.

Good morning.

Yeah, so...

The rain now is clearing the East Coast, so Storm Austin is cleared into the English Channel.

It's continuing to move eastwards.

So throughout the day, what we're going to see is just some blustery scattered showers.

The winds, they're still fresh and gusty at the moment, but they will ease as we go through the day.

And then what can we expect for the rest of the bank holiday weekend? We have a mockness parade in Galway on Sunday evening.

Is it going to last much longer, Rebecca?

Well, temperatures are on the rise this week, as you say, getting up to between 20 and 27 or 28 degrees over today, tomorrow, and Thursday, but then by Friday, a fresher air mass will arrive, and so temperatures will drop off slightly.

We're looking at highs on Friday of about 17 to 22 degrees.

So with the warm temperatures by day, there's also gonna be warm and humid nights in store, too.

So they may lead to uncomfortable sleeping conditions for some, especially tonight and tomorrow night, as some areas won't see temperatures drop below 18 degrees by night.

And then the good, the weather conditions over the coming days will generally see a good deal of cloud lying over western parts with the best of any sunshine found further east.

Uh, we have a, an area of low pressure to our west coming up against an area of high pressure to our east, and so it's stalling that cloud over the west and northwest.

I know your models may not be designed for eclipse visibility, but is it going to be total cloud cover, or will we have a chance of actually seeing the partial eclipse?

Morning, Rebecca.

Hello.

Good morning.

Well, our weather's set to turn more unsettled now as we head towards the weekend.

Well, today will bring a bright and dry day to many.

After that, the forecast looks set to turn quite dull, damp, and breezy as high pressure slips away.

So today, after a bit of a cloudy start, it'll brighten up with any early rain or drizzle in the northwest clearing, and sunny spells becoming widespread by the afternoon, just turning hazier then by evening.

Has the good spell run out of luck?

That's right.

So today really is the last dry and bright day that we might see over the next while.

Yeah, as you say, this warm and settled spell, it's coming to an end.

Like average temperatures for July, they range from 17 to 20 degrees typically.

So over the coming days, while it will feel much cooler than what we've experienced lately, we are looking at temperatures close to or slightly above normal, but it is set to get more unsettled.

So it's set to get breezier too over the weekend, which will make it feel even cooler.

And I know you can't really predict with any certainty beyond 10 days, but is there any chance you might see some of the heat coming back at some stage in the future?

What does that warning mean in practice?

Good morning.

So it means that we're gonna see in those areas highest temperatures of twenty-seven degrees Celsius by day, and then by night, temperatures are unlikely to fall below fifteen degrees.

So it does mean that in those areas, heat stress, water safety issues, uncomfortable sleeping conditions, these are all potential factors to take into consideration.

But also, it's worth noting that across the country, we have a weather advisory for the warm weather, so all areas are still going to be quite warm today.

We're expecting, you know, great weather through the rest of this week into next week.

It-- the end is not, um, is not near as of yet.

It's lasting well into the evening and presumably could still cause some skin damage at that time of day.

How bad is it likely to get and will it impact on flooding?

Good morning.

Well, as you say, The combination of effects that we've already seen throughout the year really so far with the heavy rain and the saturated grounds, there is more concern over the rainfall than there would normally be.

So right across the country it is going to be wet and breezy today, but it's the eastern half of the country that's going to see the highest accumulations with the rainfall set to clear western areas by the early afternoon.

So there is some risk of surface and river flooding.

in all those eastern areas today.

But coupled with the rain, we've got the strong gusty southeasterly winds in the east, and they're going to coincide with high tide along the east coast this morning.

And how long do we think those yellow warnings are going to remain in place?

Rebecca, talk us through what we can expect today.

So today we're expecting a windy day for across the country nationwide, but wet across much of Munster and Leinster.

So much of those counties will see yellow rainfall warnings from this morning up until tomorrow morning.

But as you say, there's orange rainfall warnings been issued for Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow, and we're expecting significant rainfall accumulations in these areas, especially on higher ground and exposed areas.

But due to the recent rainfall earlier in the week, we have saturated grounds and swollen rivers as it is.

So the addition of this extra rainfall means that we can expect significant river and surface flooding in those counties under the orange warnings with hazardous travelling conditions.

But all counties under any of the rainfall warnings are at risk of flooding today and overnight and into tomorrow.

So aside from the three counties with the orange weather warning, what will it be like for the rest of the country?

And Rebecca, I suppose, you know, when you see a full list of storm names, like it doesn't necessarily mean that all these storms are actually going to happen.

No, thankfully and hopefully not.

You know, we've been doing this now for 10 years.

We started naming storms back in 2015 with the UK Met Office and then the KNMI, the Dutch Met Service, joined us in 2019.

And if you look back over the 10 years, on average, it's about eight storms per season.

But like the weather is so variable year on year.

like in 2022 2023 storm season we had two storm names the next year we had 12. so you know the furthest we've got is l la um back in 2023 2024 so you know hopefully it's it's unlikely you know that we we get too much further down the list and so you know usually it would be only the first few names that hopefully we'll be seeing if any this year

And you said you've been naming the storms for, I think, is it the past 10 years? But was this the first time that you've reached out to the public to get their involvement?