A good deal of dry weather can be expected on Friday. However, there will be some light rain at times throughout the day, especially along southern and western coastal areas and around the higher ground. It will be mild, breezy and mostly cloudy. Highest temperatures of 10°C to 13°C in fresh southerly winds.
More persistent rain will develop along western Atlantic coasts this evening and early tonight, with the rain gradually extending to the rest of the country overnight. Lows of 6°C to 9°C in light southerly breezes.
Saturday morning will be misty and damp along the east coast but drier and brighter weather will gradually extend everywhere and good sunshine will develop widely by the afternoon. Another mild spring day with highs of 11°C to 15°C in light to moderate southerly breezes.
Cloud will thicken on Saturday night with scattered outbreaks of rain arriving in Atlantic coastal counties, spreading eastwards overnight. Lows of 4°C to 7°C in light southerly winds, fresh along Atlantic coasts veering westerly by morning.
Patchy rain will clear on Sunday morning and it will be a bright day with sunny spells and passing showers, mostly affecting western parts of the country. It will be a little cooler in moderate to fresh and gusty northwesterly winds, with highs of 9°C to 12°C.
Sunday night will be mostly dry, with a few light showers skirting the Connacht and west Ulster coasts. Cold under mostly clear skies, with temperatures dropping to between 0°C and +3°C and frosts forming.
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