High pressure to return midweek

Met Éireann are predicting high pressure to become more dominant through Tuesday night and Wednesday, bringing settled conditions for midweek and beyond.

That means there will be a good deal of dry and bright weather out to the weekend.

Meanwhile today, Monday, there will be some bright spell early with patchy rain and drizzle developing as the day progresses. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees, mildest in the east, in a light to moderate southerly breeze.

Tonight will be generally cloudy with continued outbreaks of rain and drizzle, however, rain will gradually become lighter and patchier overnight. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees, coolest in east, in light southerly or variable breezes.

Tuesday will start generally cloudy with lingering patches of rain and drizzle. This will ease through the day as cloud gradually breaks up from the north and some sunny spells develop later on. Highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees.

Any lingering rain and drizzle will die out early on Tuesday night to leave a largely dry night. Cloud will gradually break up overnight too with clear spells developing.

Wednesday looks to be a largely dry and bright day with widespread sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees generally but milder in Munster with highest temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees, in a light to moderate easterly breeze.

Wednesday night will continue dry and largely clear, with lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees generally.

Thursday is set to be another generally dry and bright day with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees, coolest in the east and south in a light to moderate southeasterly breeze. Staying dry with long clear spells overnight.

Another dry and sunny day in store for Friday. Highest temperatures of 11 to 16 degrees, mildest over the midlands and Connacht and coolest along the east and south coasts in moderate to fresh southeasterly winds.

Current indications suggest that the weekend will dry and sunny as high pressure maintains its dominance over our weather.