The latest Met Eireann weather forecast for the coming week....

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, there will be a marked drop in temperatures with cold nights on the way later in the week.

By Friday, daytime temperatures will drop to between 9 and 13 degrees while there could be a touch of ground frost at night. 

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, Monday will be mostly cloudy today with just limited sunny spells. Misty in parts to begin too. Residual patchy rain in the southeast may be slow to clear for a time during the morning. A few scattered showers will occur also, mainly across the west and north. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees in a light to moderate north to northwest wind.

Overall dry tonight with clear spells, but some patches of mist, fog and drizzle. Some showery rain feeding into northern and northwestern fringes too. Lows of 6 to 10 degrees in just a light northwesterly breeze.

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, there will be well scattered showers and some spells of hazy sunshine on Tuesday. Highs of 12 to 16 degrees in a light to moderate west to northwest breeze. In the evening, cloud thickening from the southwest.

On Tuesday night, outbreaks of rain may affect southernmost parts of the country and there's likely to be a few scattered showers in the north too. Elsewhere, it should stay largely dry with variable cloud, and some mist and fog patches forming, in a light northerly or variable breeze.

According to Met Eireann, there is some uncertainty in the detail of the forecast mid-week but there's likely to be some rain or showers at times on Wednesday and Thursday, possibly heavy, and it will gradually turn colder. Chilly moderate to fresh north to northeast winds will set in on Thursday too.

Thursday night will become dry with clear spells, apart from some showers continuing on Atlantic coasts. As the wind moderates, lowest temperatures will fall to between 4 and 7 degrees.

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, there will be a chilly start to Friday with sunshine and scattered showers following for the day. The showers will be most frequent in the north and west. Cool with highs of 9 to 13 degrees, with moderate northwest winds. Cold after dark, with a touch of grass frost possible overnight, as temperatures fall to the low single figures.

Met Eireann says that current indications suggest Saturday will be a bright cold day with sunny spells and a few scattered showers, and the chance of wet and windy weather for Sunday next.