Get the lawnmowers out and the shorts and t-shirts on standby – Ireland could hit temperatures of up to 20C next week, Met Eireann has forecast.
Parts of the country will experience highs of 18C this week as a spell of high pressure settles over the country.
The national forecaster said it will be mostly dry and settled over the coming days with high pressure largely dominating.
Today will be milder than recent days with highest temperatures between 14C and 18C, in no more than moderate southerly breezes.
It will be mostly cloudy on Monday with scattered showers moving up from the south. Some mild sunny spells will develop later in the day too though.
Highest temperatures will range between 13C and 17C, best values away from southern and eastern coasts, all in light east to southeast breezes.
On Tuesday, there will be possible mist and fog in parts to begin. It will be dry with sunnier skies setting in with mostly moderate easterly breezes – just a few light showers further west.
Temperatures will range from a mild 15C to 18C across Atlantic counties and the midlands, somewhat cooler elsewhere though with onshore winds.
Wednesday will be a cooler day nationwide with increasing cloud feeding in a scattering of showers.
Highest temperatures will range between 11C and 14C, again with mostly moderate easterly breezes.
Thursday and Friday will be mainly dry with sunny spells and moderate to fresh east to southeast winds. Highest temperatures between 12C and 17C, mildest in the west.
