The dry and warm weather will remain in place today (Friday, June 20), but it will turn more unsettled as the weekend progresses and into next week.

Today will be humid, with thunderstorms active in the west. It will become a very warm and hot day with long spells of sunshine. A few showers may break out with further thunderstorms.

Highest temperatures will be 24° to 29° for the majority of the country, but feeling slightly milder in Munster and south Leinster with highest temperatures of 20° to 23°.

Tonight will be mainly dry with cloudier conditions across the country spreading from the west overnight. Isolated showers are possible in parts of Ulster and Leinster. It will be a mild night, with temperatures not falling below 12° to 17°.

Tomorrow (Saturday, June 21) will see more warm weather, with good sunny spells across most the country with cloudier conditions in the west. Scattered showers will occur across the country, some heavy and possibly thundery at times.

Highest temperatures tomorrow will be 19° to 25°, warmest across the eastern half of the country, all in a light to moderate southwest wind.

It will be mainly dry and clear night tomorrow night for most of the country with lingering showers over parts of the southwest and northeast. Patches of mist and fog are possible along southern coasts.

A heavier and more persistent band of rain will move in from the west later in the night. It will remain mild, with temperatures not falling below 12° to 15° in a mainly light to moderate southwest breeze, fresh at times along Atlantic coasts.

Sunday (June 22) will see a bright start to the morning; however, outbreaks of showery rain will move in from the west in the morning with sunny spells and scattered showers to follow.

Sunday will see fresher and breezier weather than previous days with highest temperatures of 15° to 20°, warmest in the east, all with rather brisk westerly winds.

Sunday night will see isolated showers along southern and western coasts, and clear spells elsewhere. It will be noticeably cooler, with lowest temperatures of 9° to 12° in mainly moderate westerly winds, reaching strong along Atlantic coasts.

Monday (June 23) will see a bright start to the day with isolated showers, followed by outbreaks of rain later on. Highest temperatures are expected to be 13° to 18°, feeling cooler in the north. Moderate to fresh westerly winds will reach strong at times along northern coasts.

Tuesday is set to be cloudy with rain and drizzle. A few brighter spells will break through in the north and west at times. Highest temperatures are expected to be 15° to 19°, in mainly moderate to fresh west to southwest winds.