Ireland is set to bask in the glory of a mini-heatwave just in time for the double bank holiday St Patrick's Day festivities.
The Government have put in place two bank holidays for St Patrick's Day to commemorate all the front line staff in the Covid-19 pandemic.
And the mercury is set to soar as it all kicks off on Thursday - St Patrick's Day. It will be the first time in two years Ireland had all the normal festivities.
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Weather expert Alan O'Reilly gave a cheeky warning to retailers.
He said: "Heads up to the shops out there, get those 99 ice cream machines fired up for Thursday".
The Met Eireann forecast for the week read:
Monday
Dry on Monday night with clear skies. Lowest temperatures of minus 1 to plus 3 degrees with a frost forming, mainly in the south and east with southerly breezes increasing fresh to strong on Atlantic coasts later in the night.
Tuesday
Tuesday will start dry with cloud building through the morning and rain arriving in the west by afternoon. During the afternoon and evening, rain will extend gradually eastwards. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds.
Rain and drizzle on Tuesday night, most persistent in the east of the country. Lowest temperatures of zero to plus 4 degrees with winds falling light southerly.
Wednesday
Wednesday will be rather cloudy with rain and drizzle clearing from the east with drier and clearer weather by evening. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees with light to moderate northwest breezes.
St. Patrick's Day
Thursday, St. Patrick's Day, will be a mainly dry day with some sunshine and just isolated showers early in the day. Afternoon temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees with light to moderate southwest breezes falling light southeast later.
Weekend
Current indications suggest the settled spell that starts on Wednesday night will continue in to the weekend with sunshine, light winds and temperatures of 13 or 14 degrees in the afternoon and clear skies at night allowing temperatures to fall below freezing bringing frost.
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