Irish weather: the forecast for Electric Picnic this weekend looks hopeful

As always, pack wellies, suncream, a poncho and a sunhat – we can never really know what to expect.

With Electric Picnic just a matter of days away, those attending can start packing their bags as the weather forecast has become a lot clearer.

Usually with festivals, when it rains it pours. However, it looks like crowds might get pretty lucky this year, with just a small bit of rain forecast for the weekend.

Met Éireann released their national forecast today and, despite widespread showers on Friday and a small chance of light showers on Saturday, the rest of the weekend looks to be clear, with Sunday even looking to be surprisingly sunny.

So absolutely bring your wellies, umbrella, rain jacket, poncho, spare poncho and a whole load of extra socks, but maybe keep some space in the backpack free for shorts, shades and your suncream (bring that anyway, obviously!)

Here’s what Met Eireann have to say about the weekend’s weather.

Weather forecast for Electric Picnic 2023

Friday:

Some lingering fog patches at first on Friday. Quite widespread showers will develop, with heavy falls in places. There will be dry and bright intervals too. Highest temperatures of 18 to 20 degrees with little wind.

Showers will die out early in the night, becoming dry and clear. Mist and fog may form overnight Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees with light northeast breezes.

Saturday:

Mainly dry with the chance of a light shower. Low cloud with mist or fog to start, with better sunshine later in the day. Highest temperatures of 19 to 21 degrees. Light easterly breezes. Dry weather overnight with lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees.

Sunday:

Currently looking dry and mostly sunny. Highs of 19 to 22 degrees, cooler along eastern coasts due to a light to moderate easterly breeze.

Header image via Instagram/Electric Picnic/Getty 

This article originally appeared on joe.ie

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