IRELAND will battle “mixed weather” conditions throughout the weekend before a major change next week.
Met Éireann’s Gerry Murphy said “warm and humid” temperatures will arrive in the middle of the week.
The weather expert said that the “low pressure” continues to dominate conditions this weekend.
Today, June 7, started off mainly cloudy with rain in many areas but will eventually clear to the east, where sunny spells and showers will follow for the rest of the day.
Some of these will be heavy and a few possibly thundery, mainly over the northern half of the country.
Gerry said: “This evening, showers will become confined to eastern areas and will gradually die out.
“It will be a cooler day with highs of 11 to 15 degrees and moderate northwest winds.”
It is expected that tonight will be mainly dry with clear spells but some showers may move into western and northwestern counties during the night.
Temperatures will drop to between 4 and 9C with light west to southwest breezes.
Tomorrow will bring sunny spells and scattered showers with the highest temperatures of 13 to 17C.
And during the night will be mainly dry with clear spells as temperatures drop to between 8 and 11C.
He added: “Looking to next week, much of Monday will be mainly dry with a good deal of cloud and some drizzle.
“The best of any sunny spells will be in southern counties, and then later in the day, more persistent rain and drizzle will develop in parts of Ulster and North Connacht.”
Temperatures will reach the highs of 13 to 17C with moderate westerly winds, and during the night, will bring further outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
Gerry pointed out that Tuesday will be similar to Monday, with mostly cloudy conditions, rain and drizzle.
However, in a major weather shake-up, Wednesday is set to be a “warm and humid day” with a good deal of cloud and patchy rain.
The temperatures will be at their highest of 18 to 22C.
Met Eireann added: “Wednesday will be a warm, humid and mostly cloudy day with a fair amount of dry weather and some rain or drizzle in places.
“Highest temperatures of 18 to 21 or 22C with moderate south to southeast winds.
“Thursday and Friday will bring mixed weather with rain or showers at times and temperatures in the mid to high teens.”
