Breezy and wet today but Met Éireann expects weather to improve for the weekend
Today will start off breezy with a mix of showers and sunshine before more cloud builds up to bring rain in the southwest.
Rain will then move east across the country and turn more persistent in the west and northwest this evening. Highest temperatures will be between 15 and 19C, coolest in those western and northwestern areas.
Tonight, rain will again spread eastwards across the country. It will be remain cloudy and breezy, and it will be mild with lows of 11 to 15C.
Friday will see more windy conditions and the rain will be heaviest in the morning and afternoon, again particularly in western and northern areas. Some dry and bright spells are possible further east in the evening, when rain will turn lighter.
Highest temperatures on Friday will be between 17 and 21C.
Met Éireann expects a conditions to continue 'unsettled' for the weekend and heading into next week, but there are some positive signs for the coming weekend.
Those making the trip to Dublin on Saturday for a busy weekend of sport, concerts and Pride festivities will be glad to hear showers will be isolated to Connacht and Ulster. Rain will clear during the day to bring sunny spells, with highest temperatures of 16 to 22C.
There is still 'some uncertainty' in Met Éireann's forecast for Sunday, but the current signs suggest a similar day starting off rainy and cloudy, mainly in northern areas, before conditions turn drier and brighter later in the day. Highest temperatures will rise slightly to between 19 and 23C.
Heading into the early part of next week, there will be more light rain moving across the country on Monday before spells of dry, bright weather arrive during the evening.
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