Ireland is set for a mini-heatwave this weekend as temperatures are set to soar.
The best of the warm weather will arrive on Saturday, with highs of 25C expected.
However conditions will be very pleasant in most areas today, remaining largely dry and sunny.
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Today will be dry with sunny spells. Highest temperatures will range between 20 and 24 degrees at best, a degree or so lower along the south coast where it may be misty for a time early in the day.
"Winds will be moderate to fresh southwesterly, easing up later.
"Tonight winds will decrease light and become southeasterly.
"Temperatures will fall to between 11 and 13C and it will cloud over in the west with a little patchy drizzle developing there. Elsewhere will stay mainly dry with clear spells."
And it will continue to heat up tomorrow, although temperatures will dip slightly on Sunday, but it will stay mild in most areas.
A forecaster added: "Tomorrow, Saturday, will be cloudier with patchy rain in the west and northwest.
"The rest of the country will stay mainly dry with the best of the sunshine in the southeast.
"Temperatures will range between 20 and 25C, the higher temperatures in the north midlands.
"Sunday will be mainly dry with sunny spells. Temperatures will range between 18 and 22C the best in the east, and winds will be light northwest or variable in direction.
Looking ahead to next week conditions will be mixed, staying largely dry and warm on Monday but with rain making an appearance again by Tuesday.
Met Eireann revealed: "Monday will be dry and sunny with temperatures between 18 and 22C in light westerly or variable breezes.
"Tuesday will see cloud increasing from the west bringing rain in to Atlantic counties later.
"Current indications for the further outlook is for a mainly westerly wind and a spell of rain likely for Wednesday but drier and warmer again for Thursday."
