TEMPERATURES are set to soar to 16C this week with dry spells and sunshine after a chilly drop to -1C tonight.
While frost and fog will form tonight it will quickly clear to allow for warmer and brighter conditions.
Tomorrow and Thursday will see temperatures in the high teens[/caption]
Rain will hit again before the weekend[/caption]
Cathal Nolan of Ireland’s Weather Channel described conditions as a “week of two halves”, with conditions set to deteriorate from Friday.
Today will be a mostly dry day with just some isolated showers in the southwest.
There will be a cloudy start but “sunshine” will develop as today progresses.
Temperatures will sit between 7C to 10C before dropping down to a sub zero -1C tonight.
Met Eireann warn: “Dry, cold and mostly clear Tuesday night. Some frost expected with lowest temperatures of -1C to plus 4C, coldest in Ulster, in light easterly breezes.
“A few mist and fog patches may also develop.”
A turnaround is set to hit on Wednesday with temperatures climbing to 15C.
Met Eireann’s Joanna Donnelly said: “Dry and mostly sunny on Wednesday. Highest temperatures of 11C to 15C in mostly light easterly breezes.”
And overnight temperatures staying higher than previous nights only falling to between 1C and 6C.
Despite milder temperatures it will be cloudy with some mist and fog developing.
Then Thursday and even better forecast is on the cards in a “mainly dry” day “with sunny spells.”
Temperatures will sit between 13C and 16C on Thursday with just light breezes.
Thursday night’s temperatures still above freezing at 7C to 10C.
It will be dry and clear overnight with cloud developing.
WEATHER CHANGE
The summery conditions are short lived with the return of “unsettled” weather and rain on Friday.
Weather expert Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather took to social media to warn exactly how much rain will fall is “uncertain”.
He said: “In Ireland we have very little rain up to Friday but then we will likely see rain return however how much rain we see over the weekend is uncertain yet with weather models struggling to agree on position of low system that will bring the rain towards us.”
And meteorologist for Met Eireann Joanna Donnelly added: “Turning unsettled from Friday with showers expected to develop in the south at first and becoming widespread later.”
