The rainfall warning for Galway, Mayo, Cork and Kerry is valid from the early hours of Monday morning to midnight. Rainfall totals of 25mm to 35mm are likely, with further accumulations expected for Tuesday. The west will be worst affected, while the east may stay almost dry in this spell.

Further outbreaks of rain on Tuesday will affect western and southwestern coastal counties for a time, with the continuing risk of localised flooding, according to Met Eireann. The rain will become lighter and patchier later in the day. Elsewhere it will be a rather cloudy day with a few spots of rain and some mist patches possible near the east coast. Top temperatures of 14°C to 16°C in a moderate southeasterly breeze, which will ease later.

The night is expected to be mainly dry with clear spells. Mist and fog will form before dawn in light winds. Lowest temperatures of 9°C to 12°C.

Wednesday will be mostly dry, with bright or sunny spells after morning mist and fog clears. There will be patchy mist or drizzle in the south and southeast in the moderate to fresh southeast breeze.

Later in the week some brightness is forecast, but there is a risk of some rain at times, especially near southern and eastern coasts. There will be moderate southeast breezes, fresh to strong on Thursday near coasts, where it may be a little misty at times.

Farming weather analysis

As a result of heavy rain on Sunday night, the overall rainfall for the week was well above normal over western coastal areas, while the east was much drier, with below normal rainfall amounts. In fact, latest figures show that the eastern half of the country may only receive a few millimetres of rain the coming week and that even midland areas will stay relatively dry.

Temperatures

The mean air temperature for the week gone by was higher than average by around 0.5°C in most areas, but below normal in the north due to a few chilly nights. The average temperature over the seven-day period is expected to be above normal, resulting from expected unsettled weather and southerly flows. The soil temperatures are still 1.5°C to 2.0°C above normal and will probably stay around these values the coming week.

Sunshine

Sunshine this past week has been above normal for all of the country. From Monday on, it will become cloudy.

Drying conditions

Drying for this coming week will be poor on Monday and Tuesday. Conditions will improve on Wednesday.

Spraying

Spraying conditions are poor due to strengthening winds.

Field conditions

Due to recent above average rainfall, soil moisture conditions are high. Although fields in the east have been relatively dry, yesterday's rainfall will make poorly drained soils in the east almost saturated as well. Heavy rain will bring soils back into saturated or waterlogged conditions in the west, especially in coastal regions. Further east, soils will improve over the coming week.

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