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Met Éireann, the national forecaster, is predicting highs of the mid to high 20s with little rain, with Thursday expected to tip the 30C mark, along with humidity.
Yesterday’s temperatures reached 24C in parts of the west coast, with widespread sunshine nationwide.
Cloud with a chance of rain or drizzle is expected today, particularly in the north-west, before temperatures begin to heat up nicely to between 21C and 27C.
The national forecaster is warning that the solar UV index will be high today. Tonight there will be clear spells and just light variable breezes. Another very mild night with temperatures not falling below 12C to 16C.
Tomorrow will be a little cloudier and possibly cooler across west and north-west counties, with isolated light showers possible.
Salthill, County Galway.
It will be mostly dry, warm, and fairly sunny elsewhere, though. Highest temperatures will range from 21C to 27C, warmest for south and southeast counties, in a westerly breeze.
Meanwhile, Tuesday night will again be rain-free, but there will be increasing clouds and just the odd clear spell. A mild and muggy night with temperatures not falling below 13C to 17C degrees in light northerly winds.
Wednesday will be generally dry and warm or very warm with sunny spells and just isolated light showers. Highest temperatures will generally range from the mid to high 20s and will be a fraction cooler where onshore easterly breezes set in, however.
Thursday will be a hot and humid day with the chance of some heavier showers. Highest temperatures of 24C to 30C in a light to moderate east to southeast wind.
However, on Friday, weather conditions are looking like they will turn cooler and more unsettled as high pressure loses its dominance.
Other countries across Europe are also experiencing baking temperatures. France is so hot it is putting emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricting public alcohol consumption and cancelling some outdoor sporting events.
Folks enjoying the sun in Stephen's Green, in Dublin.
Up to a third of France is under the national weather service’s heat red alert and temperatures are high nationwide, with 40C likely to be reached today.
The Eiffel Tower and other Paris venues have set up misting stations to cool members of the public, which are part of a number of measures announced by national and local authorities to cut down on risks.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu convened a government heat crisis meeting on Saturday and yesterday, after the national weather service called a ‘widespread, long-lasting and intense’ hot spell.
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Mr Lecornu ordered government ministers to plan for better adapting France to heatwaves in the future.
In Italy, authorities have expanded heat warnings – referred to locally as ‘red flags’ for several cities and are being monitored nationally by the health ministry.
Temperatures in the ‘red’ cities are mostly in the high 30Cs. In Rome, tourists have taken to dunking their arms and faces into the city’s famed fountain pools, while at one farm outside Milan, owners set up fans and sprinklers to keep cows cool.
* This article was originally published on Extra.ie.