Mostly dry day with a few passing showers
Weather update from Met Éireann
The coming week will be wetter than average in parts of the west and northwest but drier than average elsewhere. Temperatures around average for the start of October through to Thursday but becoming rather mild for the time of year towards the end of the week.
That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.
Much of the country will have a mostly dry day today with just a few passing showers and spells of hazy sunshine breaking through the cloud. Duller conditions with patchy rain and drizzle in the south and southeast will gradually clear eastwards later this afternoon. In the west and northwest, showers will merge to rain for a time this evening. Highs of 13 to 16 degrees in light to moderate southwest breezes.
Scattered showers, some heavy, will spread eastwards over the country tonight. There'll be clear spells too though, and a few mist and fog patches. Lows of 8 to 11 degrees in mostly light to moderate west to southwest breezes, fresh to strong near coasts.
Tomorrow Tuesday will be a breezy day with a mix of sunshine and passing showers. The showers will become increasingly confined to the west and northwest towards evening as the moderate to fresh westerly winds back southwest and ease inland, but the winds will remain fresh and gusty near coasts. Top temperatures will range 13 to 17 degrees, coolest in the northwest.
Cloud increasing countrywide on Tuesday night with outbreaks of rain developing in the northwest. Largely dry elsewhere, with just isolated showers near Atlantic coasts. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. Mostly light to moderate southwest winds over land will continue fresh to strong and gusty near coasts.
Mostly cloudy on Wednesday with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, heaviest and most persistent in the west and north. The best of the drier and brighter intervals will be in the south and southeast. Highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees, coolest in the north in moderate to fresh, and at times gusty, southwesterly winds easing later in the day. Mostly cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle retreating to the west and north on Wednesday night. Light to moderate south to southwest winds, fresher along Atlantic coasts. Lows of 10 to 13 degrees.
Mostly cloudy again on Thursday with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Becoming breezy in the afternoon as southerly winds increase moderate to fresh and gusty. Highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees. Continuing damp and breezy on Thursday night, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle retreating to the west and north. Lows of 11 to 14 degrees moderate southerly breezes fresh and gusty near coasts.
Mild, damp and mostly cloudy to begin on Friday with patchy rain and drizzle. Brightening up through the day with sunny spells developing in most parts by evening. Breezy with moderate to fresh and gusty southerly winds and highs of 17 to 19 degrees.
Current indications for Saturday suggest a rather warm day with maximum temperatures in the high teens or low 20s. Patchy rain in the west and north but mainly dry with sunny spells elsewhere. Transitioning to cooler conditions on Sunday with rain tracking eastwards over the country followed by showers.