Weekend temperatures to hit 20 degrees
Weather Update
High pressure will dominate this weekend and Monday bringing further dry, bright and settled conditions with the best of the weather and temperatures of up to 20 degrees forecast for Saturday, according to the latest bulletin from Met Éireann.
Today will be dry and bright with spells of hazy sunshine. Another mild and pleasant day with highest temperatures of 12 to 18 degrees Celsius. It will be mildest once again in the west, with slightly cooler temperatures along eastern and southern coasts owing to onshore breezes. East to southeast breezes with mostly moderate in strength, stronger at times along the Munster coast.
Dry tonight with long clear spells and light easterly breezes. Chilly with lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees Celsius, coolest inland with perhaps a touch of frost in places.
Tomorrow (Saturday) will be pleasant and sunny day, in light to moderate easterly breezes. Highest temperatures will range 13 to 19 or 20 degrees Celsius. It will be warmest in the west, and coolest along southern and eastern coasts owing to onshore breezes.
Saturday night should be dry and mostly clear in just light easterly breezes. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees Celsius, coolest across Ulster.
Another dry and mostly sunny day is in store Sunday. Highest temperatures of 11 to 18 degrees Celsius, in moderate easterly breezes. It will be mildest once again in the west and coolest along eastern and southern coastal counties with onshore breezes moving inland here.
Sunday night, it will remain dry and mostly clear. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees Celsius, in light easterly or variable breezes.
Good sunny spells are forecast again for Monday, however cloud will build in places. A mild day countrywide with highest temperatures of 13 to 18 degrees Celsius, mildest inland in near calm.
Tuesday is expected to be a cloudier day with light outbreaks of rain and moderate northerly breezes. A cooler day countrywide with highest temperatures of 11 to 14 Celsius, mildest in the south of Munster.
Current indications suggest it will become largely dry again with a mix of cloud and sunshine and light easterly breezes. Coolest in the east and mildest in the west.