Record-breaking temperatures could scorch Dublin this week as Met Eireann has issued a weather warning.
The ARPEGE model shows temperatures rising to as high as 33 degrees on Saturday which could beat the all-time August record of 31.5 degrees from 1995, Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather said. A Status Yellow warning for high temperature will be in place for Leinster and Munster from noon on Thursday until 6am on Sunday.
A Met Eireann forecaster warned: "Very warm or hot on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with maximum temperatures generally of 27 to 29 degrees. Warm at night with temperatures generally staying above 15 degrees.