Mild and breezy day with some patches of drizzle
Weather update from Met Éireann
Continuing drier than normal over the coming days with high pressure nearby. Turning colder from Saturday night.
That’s the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann as we head towards the weekend.
Today will be mild and breezy with some patchy drizzle at times. Overall a good deal of dry weather. Mostly cloudy with occasional bright spells, especially in the south. Highs of 10 or 11 degrees. Drizzle will turn more persistent in the northwest this evening. Moderate to fresh west to southwest winds, strongest along the west and northwest coast.
Scattered outbreaks of light rain and drizzle will affect the north and west tonight under mostly cloudy skies. Long dry spells elsewhere. Lowest temperatures broadly of 7 to 9 degrees, perhaps a few degrees cooler locally in the south where skies are clearer. Mostly moderate west to southwest winds.
Friday will bring a mix of cloud and sunny spells with plenty of dry weather, aside from the odd spot of drizzle. Another relatively mild day with highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in moderate southwest winds, fresh winds along the Atlantic coast.
Staying largely dry on Friday night under mostly cloudy skies. Lowest temperatures generally between 5 to 8 degrees. Light to moderate southwest winds, fresh along Atlantic coasts.
Many areas will be dry to start on Saturday but a band of rain and moderate to fresh southwest winds will move in from the Atlantic through the morning. It will brighten up in the north and west during the afternoon as rain tracks southeastwards across the country, becoming light and patchy. Highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees, but turning colder as rain clears with light northwest winds following.
Cold and clear overnight on Saturday with a widespread sharp frost and some ice patches. Temperatures widely falling to between 0 and -3 degrees in near calm conditions.
A cold, crisp start morning on Sunday with frost and ice clearing in sunshine. Cloud will increase later in the west but it will largely stay dry. Afternoon highs of 5 to 9 degrees, coldest in the north with light southerly winds. Cloud and milder air will spread from the west on Sunday night bringing patchy drizzle. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees, coldest in the east early on with a touch of frost.
Monday is looking to be quite cloudy with some outbreaks of light rain or drizzle, mainly over the western half of the country. Highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees in a moderate southwest airflow. Some rain will develop during Monday night, becoming dry and clear later. Lows of 1 to 4 degrees with a touch of frost.
Further outlook: Cooler on Tuesday with frost likely at night. Mainly dry weather over midweek.