Despite a largely bright and sunny Saturday, the current spell of unsettled weather looks set to continue into the opening days of March.
Ireland remains in an Atlantic zonal setup with low pressure systems to our west and high pressure to our south resulting in rain and strong winds at times.
Sunday will bring strong to gale force winds and heavy rain that will clear to scattered showers on Sunday afternoon.
Next week will bring higher than average precipitation amounts while temperatures will be slightly above the seasonal average at 8-11c.
More widespread rain is expected on Wednesday and Thursday, but there will be good dry spells during Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Next weekend into the beginning of March looks more unsettled with higher than average precipitation levels and above average temperatures.
Western and northwestern counties likely to see the heaviest rainfall and strongest winds over the next two weeks.
The below graph shows air temperatures, pressure and precipitation levels for the next 16 days.
