A weather expert has urged caution amid the expectation that ‘another hot spell’ is just around the corner.

Last week saw the country in a status yellow high temperature warning for most of the week, with temperatures exceeding 30C on Thursday.

Temperatures have dropped since, but still remain in the high teens, where they are expected to remain for the week.

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Met Éireann confirm that the week ahead will be mixed with rain or showers at times, though ‘decent dry periods’ will also occur.

‘High temperatures ranging from high teens to low twenties,’ they confirmed.

Monday will be mainly dry with sunny spells, with rain developing in the west in the afternoon.

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Tuesday will start off cloudy with rain in most areas — most of which will clear eastwards come the afternoon.

Highest temperatures are expected to be between 16 and 21 degrees on both days.

Wednesday will be slightly cooler with rain and drizzle in the morning, while Thursday will be brighter with just the odd shower.

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Thursday will see temperatures climbing up slightly again with high pressure establishing itself in the south from Friday.

‘The best of the drier, sunnier weather will be in the south and east of the country,’ Met Éireann confirmed, ‘It will become warmer over the weekend with temperatures rising to the mid-twenties in Munster and south Leinster.’

On Saturday, Kenneth of the Donegal Weather Channel took to X revealing that ‘very warm air’ looked to be moving up in the first two weeks of July according to the GFS weather model.

‘A few other models also are hinting at another hot spell of weather,’ he added, ‘This particular run from the GFS is very hot with temperatures into the 30s again.

‘A hot plume like this into July would also be much warmer than May or June.’

The weather expert added that it also posed a risk of thunderstorms ‘particularly when we have a breakdown in the warm air.’