Mercury to hit 25 or 26 degrees over the coming days

Weather update from Met Éireann

A prolonged warm settled spell with a high pressure dominating. That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.

Dry and mostly fine, warm in sunshine. Today will be another sunny day, outside of possible cloud at times in the north and east. Top temperatures will range 18 to 25 or 26 degrees Celsius, warmest further west away from Irish Sea coasts, all in moderate east to northeast breezes.

Tonight will be dry and clear outside of some shallow fog patches. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 11 degrees Celsius in light northeast or variable breezes.

Thursday will be a will be another mostly sunny day though cloud may build across Ulster. Top temperatures will again range 18 to 25 or 26 degrees Celsius, warmest away from Irish Sea coasts, in light to moderate easterly breezes.

Thursday night will be dry and clear outside of shallow fog patches. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 12 degrees Celsius in light easterly or variable breezes.

Another warm and sunny day on Friday outside of some possible cloud building across Ulster. Highest temperatures of 18 to 24 or 25 degrees Celsius, all the while a little cooler though along Irish Sea coasts. Winds will be light to moderate northeast or variable. Dry and mostly clear after-dark. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 11 degrees Celsius in just light easterly breezes.

June Bank Holiday Weekend: Little change is expected with high pressure positioned near Ireland bringing a continuation of the sunny settled weather - again some cloud may feed in across Ulster. Afternoon highs will generally range from 18 to 25 degrees Celsius, warmest further west, away from Irish Sea coasts in mostly light easterly breezes.