Mostly dry and sunny day with a few isolated showers

Weather update from Met Éireann

Any mist or fog will quickly clear this morning to leave a mostly dry and sunny day, however patchy cloud will bubble up through the middle of the day and may bring a few isolated showers. Highest temperatures of 18 to 21 degrees in light to moderate easterly breezes.

Tonight will start mostly dry with clear spells and patches of mist and fog. Cloud will increase during the night with some showery outbreaks of rain developing in the east later in the night. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 14 degrees, or a little cooler locally in the midwest in light, variable winds.

Friday will start mostly cloudy with scattered heavy showers in the east and showery outbreaks of rain in the west, while the best of the drier, brighter conditions will lie between, through the middle of the country. Highest temperatures of 17 to 22 degrees, in light variable breezes.

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain on Friday night turning persistent and locally heavy at times. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in Munster and Connacht, but not falling below 12 to 15 degrees in Ulster and Leinster, in light variable winds.

Wet and blustery at times over the weekend as a very unsettled spell begins.

It will be a cloudy start on Saturday morning with rain persisting in part of Ulster and Leinster throughout the day, but sunny spells and showers push in to the south and west. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees, in light to moderate southeast or variable winds.

While there is still some uncertainty about the extent of how windy it may get on Saturday night and Sunday, generally It looks like wet and blustery conditions will extend from the south across the country on Saturday night with some heavy falls of rain at times. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 13 degrees generally as fresh and gusty southeasterly winds veer southwesterly later. Although it should be noted that winds may be stronger locally.

Rain, heavy at times will gradually clear northwards on Sunday morning, followed by sunny spells and a few showers in the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees, warmest in the east, with fresh to strong and gusty cyclonic variable winds will become southerly and moderate during the afternoon.

Wet and blustery conditions will return on Sunday night clearing to showers from the south by morning. Remaining mild with temperatures holding above 10 to 15 degrees generally in moderate to fresh and gusty east to southeast winds.

Sunny spells and widespread blustery showers are forecast for Monday. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southeasterly winds.

Further outlook: Low pressure will remain, dominating the weather for the rest of the week over Ireland with further blustery showers or longer spells of rain at times and highs in the upper teens.