After what has been a very dry and sunny April across Ireland on Wednesday and the start of this week places finally seen some much needed rainfall but the good news is that high pressure will build across Ireland again this week and strengthen over next week leading to another decent spell of weather to start May of and to give another nice pleasant weekend.

With the warmer and drier weather it good for people to get out and enjoy it but the public should stay within there 2km zone of their homes and not make journeys to beaches our public hotspots that are normally busy during normal times. Making these journeys is pointless as many of theses hotspots are now closed to the public. You are putting others at risk when make needless journeys.

The weekend is now look dry and will begin to warm up again from Sunday onwards, The best of any sunshine over the weekend will be across Ulster and northern Connacht but still some bright and sunny spells in other parts also with a little more cloud. On Sunday the western half of Ireland will be warmest with temperatures as high as 17C maybe even 18C with lows of 14 coolest in the east. Saturday will be cooler with temperatures between 13C to 15C but this time warmest in the south and east.

Next week temperatures will be that bit higher again with temperatures between Monday to Friday next week across the northwest, west, southwest and midlands between 17C to 20C, elsewhere it will be between 14C to 17C coolest in the east and south over the week due to that easterly to southeast breeze.

Around mid week there will be the risk of some sea fog across southeastern and southern coastal areas keeping temperatures much lower than other parts with dull conditions at times .

For the full forecast see below.

FRIDAY 1ST MAY 2020

Friday morning will start of with showers across Ulster, Connacht and west Munster Later in the morning and over the afternoon these showers will become heavy with the risk of thunder and hail especially across Ulster, Connacht and Leinster . Temperatures will range between 11C to 14C.

Friday evening and night will turn dry everywhere with good clear spells for many. Temperatures overnight between 1C to 5C

SATURDAY 2ND MAY 2020

Saturday will be a dry day with some good bright and sunny spells especially across the north and northwest of Ireland with it tending to be a little more cloudier further south. Temperatures will range between 13C to 15C.

Saturday night will be dry with a mixture of cloud and clear spells with the best of any clear spells across northern areas. Temperatures will range between 2C to 5C.

MONDAY 3RD MAY 2020

Monday will be a dry day across Ireland with sunny spells. It will be a warm day especially across the west , southwest and northwest with temperatures between 18C to 20C, it will be a little cooler elsewhere with temperatures between 14C to 17C especially across the eastern half of Ireland due to easterly breezes

TUESDAY 4TH MAY 2020

Tuesday will be another sunny day and it will be warm with temperatures between 17C to 20C across the western half of Ireland but cooler across the east between 14C to 16C.

OUTLOOK

At present Thursday to Friday next week looks set to be dry with sunny spells and it will be warm with temperatures across the western half of Ireland in the high teens even low 20s but a little cooler across the east and south due to east to south easterly breezes with temperatures in the mid teens, Some sea fog midweek could give cooler and duller conditions across the south and southeast. There is a littler uncertainty around Friday as there could be the risk of a few showers.