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Met Éireann forecasts mild, wet weather until midweek, then cooler

Met Éireann expects mild, cloudy and occasionally wet weather to continue until midweek, with temperatures up to 20 degrees on Monday before a cooler, brighter turn from Tuesday night into Wednesday.

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Image: The Irish Times
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Left · 1Met Éireann has forecast that the mild start to October will continue for a few more days before conditions turn cooler in the middle of the week. Left · 1Monday morning follows a very mild night of 13-15 degrees and is to begin cloudy in most places with patches of rain, drizzle and mist. Left · 1It will stay humid for most of Monday; the north and west will keep some rain while the south and east turn drier, with highs of up to 20 degrees.

Left · 1Tuesday morning brings more dull and wet weather across the north and west, moving south during the day, with highs of up to 18 degrees and the southeast likely to be warmest. Left · 1Once the rain clears, Tuesday night is expected to be cooler than of late, at 5-9 degrees. Left · 1Wednesday is forecast to be cool and bright with the occasional shower and moderate to fresh breezes, with no temperatures above 14 degrees anywhere.

Left · 1Thursday should begin mostly dry with early sunshine before rain moves into the north and west later, and no dramatic change is expected towards the weekend, with cloudy and clear spells, little rain and highs around 13-15 degrees. Right · 1The Irish Independent's headline describes the week ahead as mixed, including a couple of 'cool and bright autumnal days'.

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Left1 outlet

Framing
The Irish Times leads with continuity: mild, cloudy, occasionally wet weather until midweek, then a cooler turn, with a detailed day-by-day forecast.
Emphasis
Temperatures, regional rain differences and the drop on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Leaves out or plays down
No notable omissions for a forecast.
For example
“Mild, cloudy, occasionally wet weather to continue until midweek” — The Irish Times

Centre0 outlets

No centre outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.

Right1 outlet

Framing
The Irish Independent frames the week as 'mixed', highlighting a couple of cool, bright autumnal days.
Emphasis
The variety of conditions and the autumnal days.
Leaves out or plays down
Its headline does not mention the mild, wet start to the week that the Irish Times leads with.
For example
“Met Éireann forecasts mixed conditions for week ahead - including a couple of ‘cool and bright autumnal days’” — Irish Independent