Met Éireann has said that high pressure will continue to dominate this weekend bringing generally mild and settled weather.
The national forecaster said that today (Friday, November 1) will be cloudy and dull, but it will remain mostly dry apart from some isolated patches of drizzle at the coasts.
A calm and mild day with highest afternoon temperatures of 12° to 15°C in light winds.
Mostly dry and cloudy again tonight with some drizzle in coastal areas, lowest temperatures of 7° to 10° in light breezes.
Weekend
Saturday will be another cloudy and dry day with the odd sunny break. The winds will stay light and highest temperatures will range from 13° to 15°.
Mainly cloudy on Saturday night, some clear spells will develop in the north later. Patches of mist and drizzle will push into southern counties, remaining dry elsewhere. Lowest overnight temperatures of 7° to 10° with southerly breezes.
Sunday will bring more cloudy conditions with some drizzle in the south. Southerly winds will be light and temperatures will reach highs of 10° to 15°.
It will be overcast on Sunday night but most areas will stay dry, mist or drizzle will affect southern counties. Lowest temperatures of 8° to 10° in southerly winds.
Met Éireann has said that the cloudy conditions will persist into next week with a southerly breeze bringing light drizzle to south Munster and Leinster on Monday.
Current indications suggest that there may be a change on the horizon for Tuesday with rain expected to move into the southwest during the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 13° to 16°.
Met Éireann
Met Éireann has said that the dominant high pressure over the weekend and into early next week will result in minimal rainfall totals across the country.
Rainfall totals are forecast to be significantly below normal nationwide over the coming days.
During the past week mean air temperatures ranged between 10.3° to 12.4°, which is 1.3° to 2.3° above normal. Mean soil temperatures currently range from 10.4° to 12.6°, which is 2.1° to 3.5° above average.
Met Éireann said that mean soil temperatures will remain above normal during the coming week.
Due to minimal sunshine and light winds over the next seven days, drying conditions will be moderate at best, while there will be good opportunities for spraying.
Met Éireann said that well and moderately drained soils are currently just about trafficable across much of the country, poorly drained soils are saturated or waterlogged.
Minimal rainfall is forecast in the coming week with some improvement in trafficability in poorly drained soils.