Ireland is set for two more days of sunshine before more unsettled conditions move in for the weekend and into next week. However, the outlook for June appears more promising.

Today will be sunny and warm, with temperatures climbing into the low 20s away from north-facing coasts, which will remain in the mid-teens due to a northerly breeze.

Winds will shift westerly during Thursday, and it will be dry once again with long spells of sunshine away from the southwest, which will be cloudy for much of the morning and afternoon before clearing to sunshine by evening. Temperatures will once again range from 14–15°C in exposed coastal locations to 19–21°C further inland.

Friday will mark the final day of what has been an exceptional period of largely dry weather for Ireland that stretches back to the final week of April.

There will be a good deal of sunshine in Leinster and East Ulster up to mid-afternoon, but cloud will spread from the west as the day progresses, with scattered outbreaks of light rain pushing into the northwest and west by midday.

Rainfall totals will be small, and the band of precipitation will become patchier as it tracks east. Parts of Munster and Leinster will remain completely dry.

A showery regime will become established over the weekend and will persist through next week, with temperatures dropping to 13 to 17°C. There will be some dry spells at times.

Winds will become moderate, occasionally fresh southwesterly, but will ease somewhat beyond midweek.

While rainfall totals may not be sufficient to replenish low water reservoir levels, soil moisture deficits will reduce, leading to an improvement in growing conditions.

Rainfall amounts between Friday and next weekend will be highest in western counties (30–40 mm) and lowest in southern and southeastern counties (15–20 mm).

There is a signal for increasing high pressure as we move into the first week of June, which will bring about a return of warmer temperatures and more settled conditions.

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