ALERT: Met Éireann's five-day forecast for the week predicts temps of 20C

Monday: Mostly dry and bright this morning with well scattered showers.

Cloud amounts will increase by the afternoon before brightening up later with long spells of evening sunshine and just isolated showers. Highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees in light to moderate northwest winds.

Dry with long clear spells for most of Monday night. A little cloudier near northern coasts with a few light showers possible. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees generally in light to moderate west to northwest breezes.

Tuesday: Dry and sunny for most at first but cloud will increase through the morning and early afternoon with scattered showers developing over Ulster while remaining mostly dry further south.

It will brighten up later in the afternoon as showers in the north become isolated.

Highest temperatures of 14 to 18 degrees in light to moderate northwest breezes.

Wednesday: Dry countrywide with hazy sunshine at first. Cloud will build over the northern half of the country through the morning and afternoon, with the odd spot of light rain or drizzle possible, most likely in the northwest. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees generally, a little cooler in parts of the northwest, in light to moderate southwest to west winds.

Wednesday night: Mostly dry with the longest clear spells over the southern half of the country. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees in light southwesterly or variable breezes.

Thursday: Dry with some sunny spells at first. Cloud will build from the west through the morning with some patchy light rain or drizzle following. Remaining drier and sunnier in the east and southeast. Later in the afternoon, the cloud will begin to break up with long spells of evening sunshine developing. Highest temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees generally in mostly light southwest to west breezes.

Friday: Predominately dry with long spells of hazy sunshine. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in light breezes.

Next Weekend: Current indications suggest that high pressure will remain in charge generating a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells and mostly light breezes. Highest temperatures in the high teens to low twenties.