Ireland has been enjoying a period of pleasant weather this week but frosty air could be returning soon.
It is set to be "dry and sunny" all day Thursday, according to the Met Eireann, with mostly sunny conditions across Ireland so far this week.
Temperatures will remain 'cool' and stay in the mid teens, reaching up to 14C. Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather wrote: "Thursday will be wall to wall sunshine but still feeling cool in very fresh Easterly wind."
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However, things are set to take a turn within days with long spells of rain on Saturday and a cold front predicted to arrive by Sunday.
The blast of cold air from the North could bring bitterly cold weather and wintery conditions. There is still uncertainty in the forecast this far out, but the national forecaster said: "Currently it looks like it could potentially turn frosty on Sunday night."
Here is Met Eireann's full forecast for the week ahead:
Thursday, April 20
Dry and sunny today. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees, in a moderate to fresh easterly breeze.
Dry and clear on Thursday night. Lowest temperatures between 2 and 5 degrees, locally lower bringing a light frost in light easterly breezes.
Friday, April 21
Mainly dry and sunny to begin on Friday. Cloud will increase through the morning with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle developing through the afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures 13 to 15 degrees in the north and west, 10 to 12 degrees in the east and south. Winds will be moderate to fresh easterly.
Mostly cloudy on Friday night with patchy rain and drizzle. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 6 degrees as light to moderate easterly breezes become northerly by morning.
Saturday, April 22
Saturday will be a mostly cloudy day with showers or longer spells of rain. Highest temperatures of 9 or 10 degrees over the northern half of the country and between 13 and 15 degrees further south with light northerly breezes.
Sunday, April 23
Mainly dry on Sunday to start with some sunshine, afternoon showers will develop. Temperatures on Sunday between 7 and 9 degrees in the north and 10 or 11 degrees in the south. Currently it looks like it could potentially turn frosty on Sunday night.
Monday, April 24
With some uncertainty in the forecast, the best indication at the moment suggests Monday will be mainly dry with sunny spells and just isolated showers. Temperatures between 8 and 10 degrees in light northerly winds.
The uncertainty revolves around the timing of progress of Atlantic frontal systems bearing rain. The early days of next week look like seeing that rain arrive in to the southwest and move eastwards.
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