Ireland is set to get a brief respite from the unsettled weather this weekend as more pleasant conditions are forecast.
It follows a thunderstorm warning for 22 counties nationwide that brought rain and even lighting to some areas on Thursday.
Met Eireann is forecasting that these scattered showers will continue overnight on Thursday, some heavy and thundery at first.
Misty and foggy conditions will develop more widely as the night goes on, while it will be mild and humid with temperatures not falling below 14 to 16C.
Friday will be generally cloudy with scattered showers, a few heavy in east Ulster and north Leinster.
The best of the limited sunny spells will be in southern and eastern coastal counties, with temperatures hitting highs of 17 to 21C.
On Friday night, the chance of showers will become mainly confined to Ulster and Atlantic coasts with long clear spells developing elsewhere.
The good news is that it will be cooler and a little fresher and becoming somewhat more settled once again over the weekend and the start next week.
A forecaster said for Saturday: "Feeling fresher with a mix of sunny spells and just well scattered patchy showers mostly over Ulster and Atlantic coastal counties. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20C, in a light westerly breeze."
Saturday night will be "mostly dry with clear spells and just some well scattered patches of rain or drizzle" and "overnight lows of 9 to 13C".
For Sunday, the forecaster added: "Sunny spells however cloud will increase at times during the day bringing the chance of patchy mist and drizzle at times.
"Feeling autumnal, in light variable breezes, with highest temperatures of 15 to 19C.
"On Sunday night there will be good clear spells however there will be some low cloud at times leading to some patchy drizzle. Overnight lows of 8 to 13 C, mist and fog patches developing also in light east to southeast breezes."
There will be some good sunny spells on Monday, however some showers will develop through the middle of the day, mostly in the west, with highest temperatures of 17 to 20C.
Met Eireann said current indications suggest that from Tuesday onwards it will become more unsettled with rain and showers at times and highs in the mid to high teens.
