Cloudy day with some rain and drizzle

Weather update from Met Éireann

It will be mostly cloudy across Connacht and Ulster today with a little rain or drizzle at times, mainly affecting Atlantic coastal parts. Across Leinster and Munster, it will be mostly dry with sunny spells, but it will turn a little cloudier during the afternoon with the chance of the odd light shower.

Mild for the time of year with highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees, mildest in the east, with southwesterly winds increasing moderate to fresh, strong and gusty in Atlantic coastal parts.

It'll become increasingly cloudy tonight, with rain and drizzle moving into parts of the west and northwest and starting to spread southeastwards. However it'll stay dry across the east and south. Lowest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds, stronger in western and northwestern parts for a time.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, will see the rain and drizzle continuing to slowly extend southeastwards across the country, with a few moderate bursts for a time in the west. A clearance to sunny spells will start to follow from the northwest through the afternoon and evening, though the clearance won't reach parts of the east and south before nightfall. Highest temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees, with mostly moderate southwest winds, veering northwest as the rain clears and decreasing light to moderate.

High pressure will be in control of our weather for the rest of the week, weekend and into the start of next week too, bringing largely dry conditions.

While there'll be a good lot of cloud for much of this week, there'll be some bright or sunny spells at times, especially in the east and south and there's likely to be a little bit more in the way of sunshine by the weekend. Temperatures will come in a little above average and it'll remain frost free.