Showers to start but sunny spells later

Weather update from Met Éireann

Staying rather unsettled with rain or showers at times and temperatures slightly cooler too.

A cool, cloudy and damp start this morning as scattered showers drift across the country. Sunny spells will break through later this morning however as a fresh northerly breeze clears away any remaining showers. Becoming cloudier later this afternoon with a few more showers peppering northwestern counties. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees.

Becoming rather cloudy and a little chilly too as the northerly breeze persists. A scattering of showers will feed down across the country through the night but clear and dry spell will develop in the south and east overnight. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees.

Sunny spells and plenty of dry weather to start tomorrow but more cloud will bubble up across northern areas with a few showers moving in to northern areas by early afternoon. Showers will continue to feed south across the country but there will be a good deal of dry weather also. Northerly breezes and highest temperature of 8 to 11 degrees.

Cloudy and rather chilly overnight on Saturday with scattered showers moving down in northerly breeze. Some clear spells will develop overnight as the showers die out but the fresh northerly breeze will remain. Cool with lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees.

A mix of cloud and sunny spells on Sunday morning but more cloud will build later in the morning with patchy light rain developing along northwestern counties. Rain will become widespread by the afternoon with northwesterly breezes freshening. Highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees.

The rain will gradually become patchy and cloud will break up during Sunday night. A northwesterly breeze will persist with a few showers across western and northwestern coasts. Milder overnight however with lowest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees.

A mix of sunny spells and just isolated showers for Monday morning. More cloud will build later in the afternoon however ahead of rain spreading in from the west. The rain will clear away from the south and east later in the evening. Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees.

Current indications are for the unsettled weather to remain on Tuesday with outbreaks of rain likely together with blustery winds. Temperatures likely to stay a little below average too.