Met Éireann is forecasting more changeable weather over the August Bank Holiday weekend, with regular showers and cloud broken up by occasional sunny spells.
Friday is set to be dry in the east and southeast until the afternoon, with heavy rain in the afternoon and the evening.
A rainy morning in the west will give way to a brighter evening.
Highest temperatures across the country will be 14 to 17 degrees.
Barring some showers along the west coast, tonight is set to be dry, with lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.
The most promising forecast is for Saturday, with dry weather and some sun throughout the day.
Outbreaks of rain will move from the west and north in the morning to the south and southeast in the early evening.
Saturday night is set for rain starting in the west and spreading across the country, with lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.
Sunday is set for rain throughout the country, heaviest in the west, with some dry spells in the east.
Monday will see strong to gale force southerly winds due to a nearby Atlantic depression, which may bring heavy showers to the west and some dryer weather in the east.
Temperatures will be higher at 16 to 19 degrees.
Those getting away for the weekend can expect warm weather across most of Europe.
A cold front moving across southern Europe will bring relief to heatwave affected parts of Spain, Italy and Greece, with highs still in the mid-20s and some cloudier weather.
Early estimates indicated that this July was an especially wet month in Ireland, with rainfall measurements at national weather stations far above average.