Humid day, dry but cloudy with sunny spells

Weather update from Met Éireann

Humid with heavy showers or longer spells of rain, along with embedded thunderstorms. That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.

Today will be humid and quite cloudy with sunny spells in the east and northeast. Dry for most of the day with just a few patches of drizzle. During the evening, scattered showers will spread into the south and west, turning heavy and thundery in places after nightfall. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees in a light to moderate southerly breeze.

Early tonight, showers will spread from the south, with a spell of more persistent and heavy rain developing in Leinster and Ulster later. Scattered thunderstorms are possible with a chance of spot flooding. A mild and humid night with temperatures not falling below 12 to 15 degrees and mist and fog developing in a light southeast breeze.

Tomorrow will start off wet across Leinster and Ulster with outbreaks of heavy, thundery rain and a chance of spot flooding. Elsewhere, heavy showers and scattered thunderstorms will feed up from the south through the day. Rain in the north and east will clear by late afternoon. Humid with highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees in moderate southeasterly winds.

Showers will become more isolated at first on Thursday night before further outbreaks of heavy rain spread across the country from the south with a chance of thunderstorms. Mild and humid with temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees. Mist and fog developing also in light to moderate southeast winds.

Another humid day on Friday with outbreaks of heavy rain along with scattered thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in light to moderate southerly or variable winds, fresher on eastern coasts.

Frequent showers will continue to spread from the south overnight on Friday, some heavy with a chance of thunderstorms. Turning misty or foggy in places in a light variable breeze. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees.

Saturday is expected a showery day with some heavy showers and potential for further thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees in light to moderate northwesterly or variable winds.

More in the way of dry weather on Sunday with some sunny spells and well scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees in moderate westerly winds.

There will be some spells of rain early next week but they will be lighter and patchier overall with a better chance of dry and sunny spells.