Mixed weather conditions for the bank holiday weekend

Weather update from Met Éireann

Any mist or fog will clear to leave a dry but mostly cloudy start to the day with some scattered showers developing - most of these across Atlantic counties. More general rain will arrive into west and northwest coasts by evening. Humid with highest temperatures ranging 19 to 23 degrees, warmest and driest across the east and southeast, all in a mostly moderate southwest breeze.

Scattered outbreaks of rain will move in across the country tonight, turning persistent in the north and west with driest condtions in the southeast. A rather warm, humid and breezy night with lowest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees, in moderate to fresh southwest winds.

Saturday will be rather cloudy with occasional rain or showers, along with some low cloud and mist along some Atlantic coasts. Longer drier spells will occur too though with some warm sunshine possibly breaking through away from Atlantic counties. Highest temperatures of 18 to 23 degrees, warmest in the southeast and east, in a mostly moderate southwest breeze.

Mixed weather for the rest of the long weekend with rain at times. Warmest conditions across the south and east.

A mostly calm night on Saturday with outbreaks of rain moving in across the country. The rain will likely be heaviest in the south and just patchy to the north. Some uncertainty remains to the track though. Lowest temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees, coolest in Ulster, very mild and humid in the south with some mist and fog too.

Mostly dull to begin on Sunday with lingering outbreaks of rain, heaviest in the south. Sunny spells will however develop with just well scattered showers following by the afternoon. Highest temperatures will range from 17 to 23 degrees, warmest in southern counties in light northwest or variable winds.

Dry and calm for much of Sunday night but with some mist and fog. Further falls of rain will begin to move in across much of the southern half of the country later in the night. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 16 degrees, mildest across southern and eastern counties.

Current indications are that Monday will be mostly dull with outbreaks of rain moving up across the country, turning heaviest in the afternoon and evening, with hill, mist and coastal fog too. Highest temperatures will range 17 to 22 or 23 degrees, in light to moderate southwest breezes.

Damp on Monday night, locally wet and breezy, all in moderate to fresh southwest winds. Warm and muggy too with lowest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees.

Tuesday will bring blustery outbreaks of showery rain but with some warm sunny spells too. Highest temperatures of 18 to 24 degrees in brisk southwest winds.