Met Eireann in glorious 22C Ireland weather forecast but there's a ...

Ireland's weather will take a nice upturn this week with Met Éireann predicting temperatures as high as 22 degrees before the weekend.

In their latest update, Met Éireann says we will see some rain on Wednesday but Thursday looks like the start of a very brief warm spell.

Their outlook states: "High pressure will continue to dominate until later in the weekend, bringing dry settled weather, with a good lot of sunshine and it'll be warm with temperatures in the high teens to the low twenties. It looks like we'll see a gradual change to more unsettled weather later in the weekend or early next week and turning cooler."

They say Wednesday "will be mainly dry with a fair amount of cloud and some sunny spells. There will be some patchy light rain or drizzle at times in coastal areas of Connacht and Ulster. Highest temperatures of 13 to 18 degrees with light to moderate south to southwest breezes.

"Any rain and drizzle in northern parts, will clear early tonight, and the rest of the night will be dry with a mix of cloud and some clear spells. Some mist and fog patches will form. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees with light variable breezes."

Their forecast continues: "Thursday will be dry with any mist and fog clearing in the morning. Sunny spells will develop, the best of these in Leinster and Munster. There's a chance though of some sea fog at times along parts of south and east coasts. Warmer with highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees and mostly light southerly or variable breezes.

"Dry with a good lot of cloud for a time [Thursday night], but with good clear spells developing later in the night. There may be a few isolated mist and fog patches in southern parts. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in mostly light south to southeast breezes.

"Friday will be a dry day with plenty of sunshine developing. Highest temperatures generally of 18 to 22 degrees, warmest inland, a little cooler in coastal parts. Winds will be light to moderate and mostly southerly, with onshore sea breezes developing in some coastal parts.

"Friday night will be dry with long clear spells and with some mist and fog forming. Lowest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees in light southerly breezes.

"The mist and fog will clear early on Saturday morning and it'll be another dry, warm day. There'll be lots of sunshine once again, possibly turning a little hazy at times though. Highest temperatures generally of 19 to 22 degrees, warmest inland. It'll be a touch cooler in some coastal parts of the south and east. Winds will be mostly moderate southerly.

"It'll likely stay dry in most areas on Saturday night with some clears spells, though there's the chance of some showers or rain, mainly across the south and west. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees in light southerly or variable breezes.

"There's likely to more cloud around on Sunday with showers breaking out, some heavy, with the chance of a few thunderstorms, but a good lot of dry weather is likely too, with some further spells of sunshine. There's a lower possibility of a more persistent spell of rain moving in from the west. Still warm, especially in the midlands and east, with highest temperatures in these areas of 18 to 21 degrees, but temperatures dropping back to between 14 and 18 degrees across the northwest, west and southwest as winds become light to moderate northwesterly."

Their prediction beyond that says "it'll turn cooler for the early days of next week, with highest temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees in moderate to fresh northwest winds, and it'll become more unsettled with some rain or showers at times."

Meanwhile, Cathal Nolan from Ireland's Weather Channel is predicting a nasty twist to our weather after the sunny days.

He says: "A classic Irish/British summer is often described rather colloquially as consisting of two fine days and thunderstorm. This weekend weather could well follow this pattern with two sunny days expected on Friday and Saturday, with another warm day on Sunday but with a risk of thunderstorms in some locations.

"Temperatures will be on the rise over the next few days with highest values reaching up to 19-20 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday with values reaching up to 20-23 degrees on Friday and Saturday. The highest values will be likely across the Midlands, Midwest and parts of Leinster away from the coast.

"Increasing humidity on Sunday due to a shallow area of low pressure will generate some intense downpours with a likelihood of some thunderstorms also, especially across parts of the Midlands, North and Northwest with Ireland's Weather Channel issuing weather advisories over the coming days due to the possibility of some local impacts," he concluded.