Met Éireann have released their latest weather forecast for Laois, with mixed weather expected for this Bank Holiday weekend.

A good amount of dry weather is predicted for Laois on Saturday and Sunday, yet the weather will take a turn for the worst on Bank Holiday Monday.

Friday night will be dry with clear spells at first, with cloud building in the west that evening. The lowest temperatures of 9°C to 13°C degrees with a light and variable wind.

Pictured: Satellite imagery from Eumetstat

Saturday morning will start dry and there will be sunny spells in the east. Cloud will spread from the west through the morning and afternoon, bringing some patches of light rain or drizzle. Showery rain will develop in the west by evening. Highest temperatures of 17 to 20 degrees with a moderate southwesterly breeze.

Saturday night will be cloudy with showery rain moving eastwards across the country. Clear spells and scattered showers will follow in the north and west by morning. Lowest temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees with a moderate southwest to west breeze.

Sunday will see cloud and rain, which will clear from the southeast on Sunday morning. For the rest of the day there will be a good amount of dry and bright weather, with just a few showers in the northwest. Highest temperatures of 16 to 21 degrees with a moderate to fresh westerly wind, easing later.

Bank Holiday Monday will be unsettled with wet and breezy weather, with the possibility of turning unseasonably windy.

Forecaster Cathal Nolan from Ireland's Weather Channel has said that Ireland may be at risk of a storm next Monday.

"The latest ECMWF [weather model], following on a form a similar model run Monday evening indicated the risk of an early season storm through Monday night into Tuesday next, with northern areas most likely to experience the strongest winds should such a system develop," he said.

"Now, this is roughly one week away, with massive discrepancies across the whole suite of models so this is not a forecast right now, just a quick heads up that later in the week we may have to take a closer look at what could develop into an unseasonably windy spell," Mr Nolan added.

"Between now and then our weather is rather benign with a slack west to northwesterly flow across the country leading to mostly dry weather but with some mist and drizzle occasionally developing along the Atlantic coastline of the west and northwest," he finished.

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