Met Éireann said the weekend be cloudy overall with rain and drizzle at times mainly in the north and west.

The national forecaster said conditions will be drier and warmer in southern and eastern parts of the country.

This morning (Friday, July 3), will begin dry with sunny spells, before turning cloudier with patches of light rain and drizzle spreading from the west.

The south-east will stay dry and have the best of any sunny spells.

Highest daytime temperatures ranging from 16°C in the north-west to 22°C in the south-east in light to moderate south-west breezes.

Mainly cloudy tonight with light rain, drizzle, mist and hill fog mainly in the north and west. It will be drier in the southeast.

A mild and humid night with temperatures ranging from 13° to 16° in moderate southwest winds.

Weekend

Saturday will be mostly cloudy and dry, but patchy light rain, drizzle and mist will continue to mainly affect Connacht and Ulster.

Bright or sunny spells will develop in the south and southeast.

Highest temperatures of 15° to 18° in the north and west, and 19° to 23° in the south and east. Mostly moderate west to south-west winds, fresher on the north-west coast.

Cloudy on Saturday night with some clear spells in the south-east, patchy light rain, drizzle and mist mainly in the north and west.

Overnight lows of 12° to 15° in light to moderate south-westerly winds.

It will continue generally cloudy on Sunday with the best of the bright spells in the south and south-east of the country.

Staying dry for most parts, but again some patchy light rain, drizzle and mist will persist in the north and west.

Highs ranging from 16° in the north-west to 23° or 24° in the south-east, with moderate south-westerly winds.

Patchy light rain, drizzle and mist will spread from the west on Sunday night, mainly affecting Ulster, Connacht and north Leinster.

Light to moderate west to south-west winds with overnight lows of 12° to 15°.

Monday will be a cloudy day with patches of light rain and drizzle. The rain will become mainly confined to the north later.

Highest temperatures generally of 19° to 23°, slightly cooler in coastal areas of the west and north-west.

Tuesday will be a brighter day overall, some patchy drizzle at times mainly in the west and north. Highest temperatures of 18° in the north-west and up to 24° in the south-east, in light to moderate westerly winds.

The current outlook shows that high pressure will continue to dominate our weather for the rest of the week bringing warm and settled conditions.

Met Éireann

Met Éireann said that the coming week will be drier than normal for in many parts of the country.

Rainfall amounts will be closer to normal in western and northern parts of Connacht and Ulster, but could be above average in the far northwest.

Average temperatures will be closer to normal generally, but will be around 2° above normal in parts of the south, east and north-east.

Soil temperatures are well above normal in most places, with mean values ranging 16.4° to 20.3°.

During the weekend and early next week, drying conditions will be generally poor in the north and north-west in particular, better conditions are expected in parts of the south and east.

There will be good opportunities for spraying for a time today, before becoming more limited later on, especially across parts of the west and north.

Spraying opportunities will be limited on Saturday but will improve again on Sunday away from the north and north-west.

Met Éireann said weather conditions conducive to the spread of potato blight are expected in Ulster, Connacht and some western coastal parts of Munster from tonight until Monday afternoon.