Outlook

Headline: Warm in the early days of next week, especially in the southern half of the country and there will be a good deal of dry weather, with some scattered showers. Indications are that it will become cooler and changeable from midweek.Saturday night: Any showers will largely die away and it will be mostly dry, with clear spells, but patches of mist and fog will form, with slack winds.Sunday: Many areas dry, with sunny intervals, but scattered showers will develop, most of them in the east and south. Some of the showers will be heavy and possibly thundery. Max. 17 to 22 Celsius, warmest in Leinster and Munster, with light north to northeast breezes. Overnight lows8 to 12 Celsius, with some mist or fog patches likely. Monday and Tuesday: Mainly dry, with sunny spells, but a few scattered showers will develop. Winds mostly light to moderate, northerly in direction. Monday will still be quite warm in the southern half of the country, with max. temperatures in the low 20, but values will range 16 to 19 degrees further north. Temperatures will fall back a couple of degrees on Tuesday, ranging between 16 and 19 degrees generally, but up to 20 or 21 degrees in southern coastal areas. Rest of week: Current indications suggest that it will be changeable and unsettled, as an Atlantic weather regime becomes established,. There will be some rain at times, alternating with dry spells, but overall rainfall totals are expected to be relatively small, especially in the south and east. Cooler than recently also, with daytime temperatures in the mid to high teens.