‘Dry and calm': Met Éireann signals mild weekend for Halloween trick-or-treaters

Conditions are to become 'generally dry and calm' with mild temperatures over the coming days as the country recovers from last weekend's stormy weather. Met Éireann says next week will bring high pressure with 'settled' weather and temperatures potentially rising above the average for this time of year. The coming weekend, the forecaster predicts, will consist of much dry weather and several bright spells with limited rain likely. You must enable social media cookies to see this content. You can change your cookie settings under the link below. Change settings Thursday morning will show a start to the more upbeat forecast as rain will stay away in most parts today as temperatures reach between 12C and 15C. Tonight will be a mild one, ranging from 9C to 13C, but western counties may see some drizzle. Friday is also looking dry and bright, particularly in the east, with slightly more cloudy in western counties. Temperatures will be between 12C and 15C in the day, dropping to 7C to 12C in the night as the rainier of the weather remains confined to the west. Read more Mild temperatures in store as high pressure brings more settled weather Read more Three killed, thousands evacuated as Cyclone Arnab hits eastern India As the weekend kicks off, a continuation of cloudier weather in the west and drier in the east will be seen on Saturday as rain affects the northwest. However, that rain will shift away southeastwards to ease showers later in the day with temperatures between 12C and 14C. Night temperatures will sit between 5C and 10C on Saturday while most areas stay dry. Sunday will have 'dry and settled' conditions, according to Met Éireann, as sunny bright spells are accompanied by temperatures of 10C to 13C. More dry and bright weather is in store for Monday, also with daytime temperatures between 10C and 13C.