Another sunny day ahead
Fog will clear early and today will be dry and sunny with highest temperatures of between 18 and 20 degrees. The latest weather forecast from Met Eireann says winds will be mainly light to moderate easterly but will be fresh at times, giving a cooler, fresher feel to the day than recent times.
Tonight will be dry with clear skies and fog will form near dawn. Lowest temperatures between 5 and 7 degrees inland and lingering at around 11 or 12 degrees at the coasts with light to moderate northeast winds.
Tomorrow (Saturday) fog will lift early and it'll be a dry and sunny day once again. Highest temperatures of 15 or 16 degrees. Winds will be moderate easterly, fresh at times.
Sunday will be a dry and sunny day from early in the day, any fog that forms will clear quickly from most areas. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees, north to south, with light easterly breezes.
It'll stay dry with clear skies on Sunday night. Mist and fog will form through the middle of the night. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 7 degrees in the midlands and north, higher around coastal areas. Winds will be light.
Looking ahead to early next week, after fog clears on Monday morning, it looks set to be another dry day with sunshine to start the day. It will turn cloudier in the west by lunch time. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds. Lowest temperatures overnight of 8 to 10 degrees as cloud thickens further from the west.
A spell of rain is expected early on Tuesday morning along western coasts. This rain will come on a cold front, introducing much cooler conditions and bringing a change to more unsettled weather into the middle days of next week. The rain will clear from the west in the middle part of the day and the evening will be largely dry and sunny.
The further outlook is for unsettled conditions with temperatures dipping to a couple of degrees below normal for the time of year.
Photo: Reflections at Quilca Lake in the Parish of Mullagh, Co Cavan. PIcture by Roisin Smyth.