There will be scattered showers with some sunny spells on Monday. By the afternoon, showers will become isolated and die out by evening. Top temperatures will range from 14°C to 19°C in a moderate to occasionally fresh westerly breeze.

It will be dry on Monday night with good clear spells at first, but become cloudy from the southwest with a spell of heavy rain affecting the southwest and south. Lowest temperatures will range from 8°C to 12°C in mostly light southwest to southerly winds.

Heavy and persistent rain will affect the southern half of the country on Tuesday morning. There will be outbreaks of rain further north, with the rain clearing eastwards to scattered showers in the afternoon. Top temperatures will be just 13°C to 16°C and winds will be mostly light to moderate south to southwest but fresh to strong along the south coast.

By midweek another system will cross Ireland from the Atlantic, bringing a spell of wet and windy weather to all parts on Wednesday morning. The rain will clear and sunny spells will follow for the afternoon and evening, with just a scattering of showers. Temperatures will range from 16°C to 18°C in fresh southwesterly winds veering westerly with the clearance.

Some sunny spells are forecast for Thursday and Friday but overall there will be a good deal of cloud with bands of showers moving across Ireland from the Atlantic and some heavy showers are likely. It will be quite cool and blustery also, with temperatures typically in the mid-teens, the high teens at best in the southeast.

It will be quite windy also with fresh west to southwest winds, strong at times and possibly gusting to gale force on Friday.

Farming weather

Rain

Aside from a narrow strip along the south coast, all parts of Ireland had higher than normal rainfall totals during the past seven days. The wettest regions were the midlands and the southwest coast, where at least twice normal totals were recorded. It is likely this wet spell will continue in the next seven days, with all places due to receive higher than normal aggregate totals, and the possibility that southwestern coasts will be very wet once again. Current predictions suggest that two or three times normal rainfall amounts will occur there during the transition from June to July.

Temperatures

Mean air temperatures were near normal everywhere during the past week, and it is likely that this trend will continue during the week ahead. Mean soil temperatures are currently above normal by 1°C or 2°C, and very little change is expected in these values during the coming seven days.

Sunshine

The past week was quite dull for the time of year, with nowhere achieving more than 85% of normal sunshine hours. It is unlikely that anywhere will record normal amounts of sunshine given how wet the coming week is expected to be. Western coastal counties in particular are likely to be cloudy much of the time.

Drying Conditions

Good drying has been very patchy in recent days and there is little prospect of any substantially good drying in the days ahead either.

Spraying

Similarly, conditions for effective spraying will be poor much of the time, given how wet it will be, although Monday will afford some opportunities in places. Occasionally strong winds will be a negative factor for spraying in the days ahead also.

Field Conditions

Recent heavy showers have brought some lands in Connacht and the midlands to saturation point, although lands remain trafficable elsewhere. However, the heavy rain expected on Tuesday and Wednesday next will see lands in many parts of the country becoming saturated for a number of days, with significantly reduced trafficability on moderately and poorly drained soils.

Preventative spraying

Met Éireann also warns that conditions favouring the spread of potato blight and other humidity-related plant infections have been prominent in many parts of the country for the past seven days. The outlook for the next seven days is no better. However, there will be opportunities for preventative spraying on Monday, especially later in the day.