The current spell of weather could be officially classed as a heatwave later, as temperatures are expected to rise to 29 degrees today.
☀️Solar UV index for Tuesday ☀️
UV levels will be high to very high in clear skies today. Please follow @HseNCCP for advice and stay #SunSmart 😎🧴⛱️
More on the UV index here 👇https://t.co/sbFTHg1P07 pic.twitter.com/qOVp9iXsoz
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) July 20, 2021
For a heatwave to be called the temperature must be five degrees above average for five days in a row.
Met Eireann forecast another hot and mostly sunny day today.
It expects a mostly dry day ahead, though there is the chance of a few heavy possibly thundery showers breaking out in the north midlands and west late this afternoon and evening.
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