Apart from scattered showers during the early days of this week, the next 10 days will be largely dry and warm across Ireland.

High pressure, which has been a persistent influence on our weather during the first half of the month, will slowly begin to wane by the middle of next week.

For the final week of the month, Ireland will find itself in a more mobile Atlantic setup with showers or longer spells of rain at times. Rainfall amounts are expected to be closer to the seasonal average.

There will also be some dry periods with sunshine, but temperatures will drop back to average levels for the time of year (mid-teens).

In the meantime, showery activity will dissipate across Ulster this afternoon, with further showers pushing into eastern and southern coastal counties this evening.

Further showers, some of which will be thundery, will affect the Mid-West and parts of the Midlands on Tuesday before high pressure reasserts itself over Ireland.

It will turn very warm away from the south and east coasts, where a light to gentle east wind will keep temperatures in the mid to high teens.

It is possible that the year’s highest temperature of 25.9°C, set at Athenry, Galway, during April, will be beaten this week. The highest temperatures will likely be recorded in the northwest and mid-west.
The nights will remain well above freezing.

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