Cahill Nolan

A very good morning, Clare.

It certainly is real.

We're not exaggerating it.

We are expected to see a very pleasant spell of weather on the way.

And as you said in the introduction, temperatures are expected to be on the rise.

Over the weekend, they'll get up into the low 20s, but through much of the first half of next week, temperatures could well get up into the mid 20s, 25, 26, even 27, possible in some places.

There is not likely to be any showers during this particular period.

High pressure is likely to be firmly in control.

I suppose the high pressure itself starts to build in through today.

It's a gradual process over the next couple of days so that today itself, there's a lot of cloud about.

There's a little bit of mist and drizzle, but it's pretty scattered in nature.

We will see some sunny spells developing, but they'll be more kind of limited today.

Into tomorrow, there's more of a chance of sunshine in parts of the south and east of the country.

And here, temperatures will rise further.

into the low 20s.

Elsewhere, we will still see quite a bit of cloud about, but even here we will see temperatures into the high teens.

It's not until Sunday that we see more in the way of widespread sunshine and temperatures at that point getting up to 22, 23 degrees in some locations.

And then really it's wall to wall sunshine for many of us as we go through the start of next week with those temperatures in the mid 20s.

Over the weekend, you could say so.

So through tomorrow, certainly, and probably for a time on Sunday as well, it will remain cloudier here.