Dry and sunny start to the day but rain not too far away

Weather update from Met Éireann

This morning will start dry for many with sunny spells. The west and southwest will be cloudier with rain developing and spreading eastwards through the morning, reaching the east coast this afternoon. The rain will turn heavy and may lead to spot flooding. There'll be poor visibility at times leading to hazardous driving conditions. Light southerly winds will increase moderate to fresh through the day. Highest temperatures 17 to 21 degrees.

A wet start to tonight with rain remaining heavy at times. The rain will break up in to showers as the night goes on. A breezy night with fresh southwest winds and lowest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees.

Tomorrow morning will be cloudy with scattered showers. Sunny spells will develop through the afternoon as the showers become lighter and more isolated. Highest temperatures of 18 degrees in the west to 23 degrees in the east in moderate to fresh southwest winds.

It'll be cloudy on Tuesday night with patchy rain in the west and clear spells elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees, in light to moderate southwest winds.

A mix of sunny spells and light scattered showers for Wednesday, the showers mainly in the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees with moderate southwest winds veering northwesterly.

There'll be clear spells with just isolated light showers on Atlantic coasts on Wednesday night. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees, with northwest winds falling light.

Thursday will be dry for most of the day with just isolated showers in the west and northwest. There'll be some sunshine in the afternoon. Fresher than of late with highest temperatures of 16 to 18 degrees in light to moderate northwesterly winds. Temperatures overnight down to 8 or 9 degrees.

Friday will be a similar day, mainly dry with some sunshine in the morning and a few showers in the afternoon, mainly in the west and northwest. Temperatures of 16 to 18 degrees with light to moderate west to northwest winds.

Current indications suggest that high pressure will continue to slowly build in to the weekend leading to mostly dry and settled conditions.