Met Eireann have forecast a mostly dry start to the week, with early morning misty patches clearing to give way to scattered showers after a weekend washout that saw a status yellow thunderstorm warning in place for Dublin and other counties yesterday.
Any residual mist and low cloud will clear during the morning leaving sunny spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 14 or 15 degrees in moderate west to southwest winds.
Showers will die out early in the night leaving long clear spells. Cloud will increase though later in the night. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees in light to moderate southerly breezes.
However, according to Met Eireann the stormy weather is set to make a return with heavy rain and thundery downpours on the way. Here is the forecast for the rest of the week.
Tomorrow: "Fairly cloudy with a scattering of showers extending from the south through the morning. Cloud cover will increase during the afternoon with persistent and at times heavy rain spreading from the south towards evening. Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees in moderate to fresh south to southeasterly winds
Tomorrow night: "A windy night with rain clearing to showers early on, some will turn heavy or thundery at times. Mild with lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees, becoming blustery too with fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds developing.
Wednesday: "Blustery with scattered showers, extending across the country but remaining most frequent in the west, with the best of the longer dry and sunny spells in the east. Highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwest winds.
"Becoming mostly dry early on in the night with long clear spells. Cloud will build from the south as the night progresses with further showers developing on western and southern coasts towards morning. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees in light to moderate southerly breezes.
Thursday: "Cloudy with outbreaks of rain along southern and western coasts with more persistent rain extending from the south through the afternoon and evening. Very mild with highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in moderate south to southeasterly winds.
Heading into the weekend then, the Irish forecaster currently predicts things “staying mild with rain and showers at times, alongside possibly breezy conditions.”
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