WEATHER: Cloudy with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle

FRIDAY will be cloudy with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle, turning heavy at times. Warm and humid with highest temperatures of 19 to 23 degrees in moderate south to southwest winds.

According to Met Éireann, it will staying generally cloudy and humid on Friday night with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle, most frequent over the western half of the country. Very mild with temperatures not falling below 15 to 18 degrees in moderate southerly winds.

Saturday will be a warm and humid day. Most places will be dry with sunny spells breaking through in the morning and afternoon. However, there will be occasional patches of rain and drizzle, and a few showers are possible in Ulster later on. Highest temperatures of 20 to 26 degrees, warmest in the east and northeast, in moderate to fresh southerly winds.

Cloudy on Saturday night with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle, turning heavier and more persistent in the west and southwest later in the night.

Mild with temperatures not falling below 13 to 16 degrees in moderate southerly winds.

National Outlook

Unsettled for the rest of this weekend and into next week with rain and showers, possibly turning heavy at times.