A tented villages in Stradbally, Co Laois, as the Electric Picnic prepares for 70,000 festival-goers. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins DublinThe tens of thousands of people set to descend on Stradbally for the Electric Picnic music festival this weekend have been warned to prepare for potentially heavy rain.
Conal Ruth, meteorologist with Met Éireann said the weather for the weekend was looking like it would be “unsettled”. It was likely there would be “some fairly wet weather on the way”, with blustery winds and temperatures in the mid to high teens, he said. The latest weather forecast from Met Éireann warns outbreaks of rain will push across from the west of the country from Friday afternoon onwards. Leinster is expected to see a mix of showers and sunny spells, with some rain expected on Friday evening and into the night. The national forecaster said temperatures are due to be between 17 and 22 degrees.
Artists Dermot Kennedy, Tame Impala and Arctic Monkeys are headlining the music festival, which will take place from Friday to Sunday and see thousands of people camping on the 600-acre site at Stradbally.
Edit: Rain forecast for weekend
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