Risk of heat stress amid ‘exceptionally warm weather’, Met Éireann says

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There is a risk of heat stress amid “exceptionally warm weather” over Ireland, forecasters have warned.

Met Éireann issued a nationwide status yellow high temperature warning between midday on Tuesday and 9am on Friday.

It comes on top of an overall weather advisory which came into effect from midday on Monday.

It said that daytime temperatures will exceed 25C with temperatures possibly reaching 30C on Thursday.

It added that it would be “very mild, humid and possibly uncomfortable at night” as temperatures will generally stay above 15C.

The weather agency warned that thunderstorms are possible also, particularly on Thursday.

Alan O'Reilly from Carlow weather said the heat will be felt right across the country.

O'Reilly told Newstalk: "Really away from the coast though, it's going to be warm right across the country and it's going to feel warm as well; because the dew point humidity is going to be high, the dew point is going to be unusually high which will make it feel a lot warmer because it's going to be hard for your body to keep itself cool.

"And we're also going to have some warm nights. Wednesday night, it might not drop below 18 or 19 degress in a few spots. It is going to be a few hot days ahead for sure."

The UK Met Office said the highest temperatures in Northern Ireland would be around 23C on Monday and 25C on Tuesday.

It forecast that this would be followed by dry and very warm days with some sunny spells, and “perhaps very hot on Thursday” with potentially “some thundery showers” into Friday.