Warm and humid today

Weather update from Met Éireann

Today will be a warm and humid day with a mix of cloud, sunny spells and a few passing showers. Highest temperatures of 19 to 22 degrees with mostly moderate south to southwest winds.

Dry with clear spells for a time tonight. Patchy rain and drizzle will spread gradually from the west later on. A humid night with lowest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees with moderate southerly winds.

There'll be scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle about early on Friday but with some sunny intervals also. A spell of persistent rain will then spread from the west through the late afternoon and evening. A clearance to sunshine and isolated showers will follow by evening time. Highest temperatures of 17 to 22 degrees in fresh and gusty southerly winds, warmest in the east.

National Outlook

Overview: Unsettled with rain and showers. Potential for heavy rain and local flooding in places on Sunday and Monday.

Friday night: Largely dry on Friday night with long clear spells and just a few showers in western and northwestern coastal areas. Cooler than preceding nights with lowest temperatures generally of 8 to 11 degrees in moderate southwest breezes.

Saturday: A mix of cloud, sunny spells and scattered showers on Saturday. The showers will become confined to western and northern coastal counties by evening with plenty of sunshine around the country by then. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees in fresh and gusty southwest winds. Largely dry early on Saturday night with clear spells but cloud will thicken from the southwest overnight bringing some patchy rain to the west and north by the end of the night. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in moderate southwest winds.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy on Sunday with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle across the country in the morning. Heavy and persistent rain will then develop in many areas during the afternoon and evening but some southeastern parts may escape largely dry. Localised flooding is possible across parts of Connacht and west Ulster. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees in moderate to fresh southerly winds. Further spells of heavy rain on Sunday night with the continued chance of spot flooding. Humid with lowest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in fresh and gusty southerly winds.

August Bank Holiday Monday: It looks set to be a generally cloudy day on Monday with showers or longer spells of rain and possibly some thundery downpours. A humid day and feeling warm in any brighter intervals. Highest temperatures of 18 to 23 degrees in fresh southwest winds.