Summer is well and truly here as Met Eireann has forecast gorgeous sunny days ahead.
A leading Met Eireann meteorologist said the weather is set to get "sunnier and sunnier". Joanna Donnelly said that Ireland experienced an unseasonably wet and windy summer due to low pressure systems that were "steered onto us one after the other".
But she said that glorious summer weather is on the way as temperatures are finally starting to rise. She told the Today Show with Claire Byrne: "It will start in the southeast and then go country-wide. The daytime temperatures will follow and the days will get hotter."
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Today will start off cloudy with the odd patch of drizzle. It will become brighter in the afternoon with the evening bringing sunny spells. Temperatures will be around 19 to 21 degrees.
Tonight will be dry and cloudy with temperatures of 14 to 15 degrees.
Tomorrow morning will see cloudy weather develop but it will turn brighter in the afternoon and evening with sunny spells. The highest temperatures of 19 to 21 degrees.
While there is no further forecast for Dublin, here is what the national outlook says:
Thursday night
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Largely dry with some clear spells. Generally overcast for the north and west with some patches of rain there. Light west to northwest breezes. Mild with lowest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees.
Friday
"Dry in many areas with isolated showers, the northwest will receive some light rain. Good deal of cloud cover with better sunshine later in the day, most likely in the south.
"Highest temperatures of 17 to 23 degrees, warmest in the southeast and coolest in the northwest. Light to moderate northwest breezes.
Friday night
"Cloudy with the odd spot of drizzle in the north or west overnight, but otherwise dry. Temperatures not falling below 12 to 15 degrees, with light westerly winds.
Saturday
"Largely dry with just well scattered showers in a mix of cloud and sunny periods. Highest temperatures of 19 to 23 degrees, warmest in the south and a little cooler in the far west and northwest with a light northwest breeze.
Sunday
"Another mainly dry and warm day with just isolated showers and sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 20 to 24 degrees, best values across Leinster and Munster with light westerly or variable breezes."
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