A status orange forest fire warning is in place until Tuesday due to the hot weather.

Monday

Met Éireann forecasts that Easter Monday will remain dry and warm in most areas with spells of sunshine, but isolated showers as well as mist and fog ar possible later in the day along southern coasts. There, temperatures will reach 14°C to 17°C, but they will range from 18°C to 22°C elsewhere in light to moderate southeast winds, stronger along Atlantic coasts.

Tuesday

It will remain warm on Tuesday with highest temperatures of 17°C to 20°C, cooler on coasts will be a There will be sunny spells and just a few showers in light easterly winds. Showery rain will develop at night.

Wednesday

Showers will turn to longer spells of rain in top temperatures of13°C to 18°C.

Thursday

Temperatures will fall back to norma, between 11°C and 14°C, with showery outbreaks of rain. The outlook for the end of the week is for cool and changeable weather.

Farming forecast

Rain

The past week saw close to five times the normal rainfall because of Monday's downpours along the southern coast, while only one fifth of the usual rain fell on Co Donegal. Normal values are expected in the coming week.

Temperature and sunshine

The coming week will see a reverse of the past seven days, with abnormally high temperatures until midweek but cooler from Thursday and sometimes below-normal values later. Despite the sunny weekend values, weekly sunshine remains below average for most of the country.

Drying and field conditions

Drying conditions will be good over the next couple of days, however, humidity will gradually increase. Conditions will then deteriorate from around Wednesday.

Most soils are trafficable at this stage. There may be a little restriction to growth in moderate to well drained soils but this situation will be redressed later this week.

Spraying

There will be good opportunities for spraying over the next few days in light breezes away from the coasts but winds will increase moderate and at times fresh by mid-week.

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