High pressure building up to fab weekend of weather
Weather Update
High pressure will build over Ireland later this week and over the weekend bringing mostly dry conditions with increasing amounts of warm sunshine.
Today will be quite cloudy overall with mist and drizzle in the east clearing through the morning. It will brighten up at times in the south and east with the best of any sunny spells there. However, it will remain rather cloudy through the day elsewhere with occasional patchy drizzle on northern and western coasts. Highest temperatures 17 to 23 degrees, coolest in the west in light to moderate westerly winds.
Mainly dry tonight although still rather cloudy with a little patchy drizzle at times along Atlantic coasts. Light westerly winds and mild with lowest temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees.
Tomorrow (Thursday) will start out rather cloudy but the cloud is expected to burn off as the day goes on with temperatures set to rise to as high as 24 degrees in the east of the country. Light northwest winds will keep temperatures at around 20 degrees in western and northern coastal counties, with a few spots of drizzle occurring here in cloudier conditions.
High pressure will build over Ireland later this week and over the weekend bringing mostly dry conditions with increasing amounts of warm sunshine.
Dry on Thursday night with light winds and temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees.
On Friday there'll be some cloud and patchy drizzle affecting northwestern coastal areas but elsewhere it looks set to be dry and warm with spells of sunshine. Sunshine should develop in all areas by evening. Maximum temperatures generally ranging 22 to 25 degrees but a little less warm along coasts with sea breezes developing.
Dry with clear spells on Friday night. Humid with lows of 12 to 15 degrees in light winds.
The weekend looks set to be mainly dry and warm with spells of sunshine for most of the country. Daytime maxima will range 23 to 27 degrees in most parts but a little less warm in coastal areas as sea breezes develop. By night, it will be dry and humid with temperatures not falling below 14 to 16 degrees countrywide.
Early next week: Some uncertainty in the forecast but current indications suggest that high pressure will hold conditions warm and dry for Monday and Tuesday with high overnight temperatures too. There is a trend towards more showery conditions on Wednesday.