It’s about to get balmy out there, folks.

Met Éireann has confirmed that Europe’s ferocious heatwave will finally start to be felt on our shores in the coming days, with top temperatures of 28C expected by the end of the week.

The Azores High will build from today, Monday, bringing settled weather and very hot conditions from Thursday.

In the meantime, today will be a dry day for most with plenty pf warm spells of sunshine, though a little cloudier closer to the Atlantic coast. It will be breezy too with highest temperatures of 17 to 23 degrees.

A dry day for most today with warm spells of sunshine, ⛅️though it will be cooler and cloudier across west Connacht and Ulster with patchy rain or showers 🌧️

Breezy in a fairly fresh northwest wind🍃

Highest temperatures of 14 to 23 C warmest across southeast and east areas🌡️ pic.twitter.com/Qq4QpsHPBa

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) July 7, 2025

“Tuesday will be will be humid with patchy drizzle. Warm spells of sunshine will occur too though, especially across southern areas and the south midlands. Humid with highest temperatures of 19 to 24 degrees in light to moderate west to northwest winds.” said a forecaster.

Wednesday will be dry and sunny with highest temperatures of 17 to 24 degrees and on Thursday, temperatures will increase again, reaching up to 26 degrees.

There’s more good news for Friday “A very warm or hot Continental airmass looks likely to feed up across Ireland with sunny conditions occurring widely. Top temperatures of 22 to 28 degrees generally in just light southerly breezes.” added the forecasters.

While there’s some uncertainty for the weekend, it’s likely the widespread hot sunny weather will remain.