Sunny spells with isolated showers at first on Thursday morning. However, the showers will become more widespread during the day and will intensify, and there will also be the returning risk of thunderstorm activity. Highest temperatures on Thursday of 16 to 19 degrees in moderate southwesterly winds.Friday will have a mixture of sunny intervals and scattered showers. The showers will mostly affect northern and western areas while the sunniest areas are likely to be the south and southeast. Winds will be moderate, initially fresh, westerly, backing west to southwest later. Many places will be dry on Friday night with broken cloud but further showers will affect parts of Ulster and Connaught, perhaps prolonged for a time in coastal districts. Southwest to west winds will freshen again in northern counties and it will feel much cooler overall. Showers will continue for a time in northern areas on Saturday.
However, most other areas will be dry and bright, with sunny spells developing. The showers will finally die out in the north during the afternoon and southwest winds will decrease light to moderate. Late in the day, cloud will increase from the west and outbreaks of rain or drizzle will develop on Atlantic coasts. Turning milder as winds back southerly. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle will spread from the west to most parts of the country early on Sunday, with extensive hill and coastal fog developing. However, rain and drizzle will die out in many areas as the day goes on and it will become brighter in some places. Nevertheless, drizzle and fog patches will persist around southern and western coasts. Winds will become moderate, locally fresh, southwesterly and it will be very mild and humid generally. Source Met Eireann
