WATCH: Met Éireann weather foreacast for June bank holiday and beyond

Bands of rain in blustery conditions is a feature of the Met Éireann June Bank Holiday weekend weather forecast with the unsettled weather showing no signs of shifting. 

After sunny summer weather for most of May, the Atlantic has is now dominating conditions. Unsettled conditions look set to be the order of the day through the long weekend. 

Monday looks set to be the best day of the weekend but another band of heavy rain is also forecast after the Bank Holiday weekend ends, involving above-average rain that's expected to saturate parts of the country.

Met Éireann's farming section expects rainfall amounts will be above average across the country through the first week of June for this time of year, ranging from two and three times the average amount, with the wettest conditions in the west.

Temperatures will stay close to or slightly below average with sunshine amounts also below average for early June.

National forecast issued at 9.12am on Friday, May 30.

Friday: Some bright or sunny spells, but overall for a good lot of cloud this morning with a little light rain and drizzle, especially in the west. However, into the afternoon and evening, it'll be dry apart from a few isolated light showers, with more in the way of sunny spells developing. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.

It'll continue mainly dry in most areas overnight with good clear spells. Some low cloud, mist and a few isolated patches of fog will move into southern parts for a time. Later in the night cloud will build into western areas, with a band of rain arriving along the west coast towards dawn. Lowest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees with light to moderate southwest winds backing southerly and increasing fresh to strong in western areas.

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Saturday: The band of rain will track eastwards across the country through the morning and early afternoon, before clearing out into the Irish Sea. A mix of sunny spells and scattered showers will follow from the west, with the possibility of the odd heavy one in the northwest. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees generally, though possibly up to 20 degrees in the east, in moderate to fresh and gusty southwest winds, strong at times in western areas, especially in the morning and again later in the day.

Quite a blustery night with fresh to strong and gusty southwesterly winds in northwest in particular overnight. Showers will stream across the country and will be heavy and possibly thundery in the west and northwest as the night goes on. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.

Sunday: Staying breezy with a mix of sunshine and showers, again possibly heavy in the north for a time early in the morning. It will stay rather overcast and unsettled through the afternoon and evening. Fresh to strong northwesterly winds will gradually ease with highest temperatures of 13 to 17 degrees.

Showers will die out later in the evening with cloud breaking up overnight. Longer clear spells will develop especially in the east overnight with northwesterly winds easing further. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees.

Bank Holiday Monday: Starting out largely fine and dry with sunny spells but cloud will push in from the west later and becoming rather cloudy by the afternoon. Rain will move in from west later in the evening, turning heavy at times too. Highest temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees with freshening southwesterly winds.

Tuesday: Current indications suggest another very unsettled day with rain spreading over the country and turning heavy at times too. Southerly winds will increase strong for a time as the rain passes with highest temperatures of 14 to 17 degrees.