Sunset over Lough Sillan. Photo: Martin Hickey

Dry day with good sunny spells

Weather Update

Any lingering mist or fog patches will lift early this morning to give a mostly dry day with good sunny spells. A few scattered showers may develop through the afternoon. Warm, with highest temperatures of 17 to 20 or 21 degrees, a little cooler along coasts in sea breezes. Generally light to moderate southerly breezes.

Dry and clear tonight with light southerly breezes and patchy mist and fog. Southern coasts may be affected by coastal mist and fog. Lowest temperatures 6 to 10 degrees.

Tomorrow, Monday will be dry with hazy sunshine for much of the country. A little cloudier in western coastal counties with some drizzle possible near coasts. Warm with highest temperatures generally of 18 to 20 degrees, a little cooler in the south and along coasts. Winds will be light southerly, occasionally moderate with sea breezes developing in the afternoon.

Staying dry and warm for much of the country for the start of the week. Turning more unsettled from mid-week onwards.

Generally dry across the country with clear spells on Monday night. Continuing cloudy in the west with outbreaks of rain and drizzle skirting western coasts. Stating relatively mild overnight with lows of 10 to 13 degrees in light breezes.

Tuesday is expected to be warm again in many areas with temperatures up to 21 or 22 degrees inland, cooler at the coast. Cloudier in the west with showers through the afternoon and highs temperatures there of 14 to 16 degrees. Winds continuing mainly light to moderate southeasterly.

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain over western coastal counties on Tuesday night. Drier further east with clear spells. Overnight lows of 10 to 13 degrees.

Uncertainty increases from the midweek period when the progress of a depression northwards over the country looks set to bring rain. Current indications suggest outbreaks of rain will push in over the southern half of the country in the morning, spreading to all areas through the afternoon with a clearance moving into the south by the evening. Highest temperatures of 19 to 20 degrees in Ulster and Connacht, 15 and 17 degrees elsewhere.

The outlook for Thursday and beyond is for unsettled conditions with showers at times.