This weekend will see the weather gradually move away from the sweltering conditions of the past few days in favour of less warm and more changeable conditions, according to Met Éireann.

However, there are still a number of weather warnings issued resulting from the very warm conditions.

A Status Yellow warning for high temperature has been in place for most of the week, and will remain in place until 9:00a.m tomorrow morning (Saturday, June 27).

The warning covers the whole country, and Met Éireann said that maximum temperatures in excess of 27° in many counties is expected, combined with night-time minimums over 15°.

Potential impacts of this heat include water safety issues due to increased use of beaches; uncomfortable sleeping conditions; heat stress; and the possibility of forest fires.

There is also a Status Yellow warning for thunderstorms for counties Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare, Tipperary, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath and all of Connacht.

This warning will come into effect from 9:00a.m this morning (Friday, June 26) and will remain in place until 6:00p.m this evening.

While not all areas will experience thunderstorms, those that do can expect localised flooding, hail damage, difficult travelling conditions, damage to utilities, and very gusty winds.

Forecast

More generally, it will be rather warm and humid again today (Friday, June 26) with a mix of sunshine and scattered showers.

The showers will be heavy and thundery at times in the midlands, west and north-west, with the possibility of localised flooding and frequent lightning.

It will be warm again, with highest temperatures of 23° to 29°, warmest in the midlands as light winds become moderate southerly.

Showers will die out tonight with clear spells developing. It will become cloudier later in the night with patchy rain and drizzle developing in the south and west before extending across the country later in the night.

There will be some southerly breezes and lowest temperatures of 14° to 17°.

It will become overcast early on tomorrow (Saturday, June 27), with scattered showers and southerly breezes. Some of the showers may be heavy for a time too.

It will be cooler than previous days, with highest temperatures of 19° to 23°.

Tomorrow night will be cloudy with rain gradually clearing to a mix of showers and clear spells with brisk westerly breezes. Staying drier in the south and east.

Lowest temperatures will be 11° to 15° in light to moderate south-westerly winds, becoming fresh later.

Sunday (June 28) will see a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers with the best of any dry weather in the east early on Sunday.

The showers will be mainly in the west and north at first but they will spread elsewhere in the afternoon and evening.

Highest temperatures will range from 15° in the west to 20° in the east in light to moderate south-west to west winds.

Sunday night will be cloudy with scattered showers, but these will gradually ease and clear away later in the night. Westerly winds will be brisk along western coasts where showers may linger for a time overnight. Lowes temperatures will be 10° to 13°.

On Monday (June 29), early sunny spells and a few isolated showers will make way for more cloud developing later in the morning.

Winds will become southerly in the afternoon as showers develop again, with some possibly heavy. Highest temperatures will be 17° to 20°.

The weather will turn rather unsettled on Tuesday (June 30) with scattered blustery showers and just limited sunny spells mainly in the north of the country. Highest temperatures will be 16° to 20°.