The weekend weather forecast looks set to see the mild and very warm weather continue through the weekend with a high temperature warning in place.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow high temperature warning which will come into affect from 12:00p.m today, Friday, July 11 to 6:00a.m tomorrow Saturday.

The Status Yellow weather warning will affect counties Carlow, Cavan, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary and Westmeath.

Met Éireann has also issued a Status Yellow weather warning for the whole country, which is valid from 12:00p.m Saturday (July 12) until 6:00a.m Sunday (July 13).

But starting with a detailed forecast for today (Friday, July 11), it will be sunny, dry and very warm. While a touch of cloud will drift in at times across the west and north-west, it will stay dry across the country.

Light winds and plenty of sunshine throughout will allow temperatures to rise well above average, with highs of 25° to 29°C.

Lots of evening sunshine and dry weather throughout with light winds. It will be a very mild night with lowest temperatures 14° to 17°.

Another very warm day in store for tomorrow Saturday. Clear skies with plenty of sunshine throughout yet again will allow temperatures to rise up to between 26° and 30° with the warmest temperatures being inland away from the coast.

A little cloud will push in across the west but another largely dry day with light southerly breezes.

Saturday night will be mild and mostly dry during the evening with a little more cloud pushing in across western parts.

There will be southerly breezes and it will be rather mild overnight with lowest temperatures of 14° to 17°.

Sunday will start out largely fine and dry with good sunny spells and mostly light winds. More cloud will build from the west with outbreaks of rain pushing in across Atlantic coastal counties.

It will be a very warm day with highest temperatures of 22° to 28° and southerly breezes.

It will become rather cloudy with freshening southerly breezes on Sunday night and outbreaks of rain will push in from the south-west and may be heavy and blustery at times too.

It is expected to be quite mild overnight on Sunday night with lowest temperatures of 14° to 17°.

Starting next week, Monday looks likely to be cloudy and unsettled with a band of rain moving over the country during the morning.

There will be a clearance to sunny spells and scattered showers. South-easterly breezes will change south-westerly later in the day with highest temperatures a bit cooler than recently at 18° to 22°.

Another unsettled and cooler day is expected on Tuesday with a good mix of scattered showers, blustery winds, and some sunny spells too. Highest temperatures will range from 17° to 21°.

Drying conditions will be good or very good up to Sunday, but will deteriorate somewhat next week. There will also be good opportunities for spraying up until Sunday.

Moderately and well drained soils in the north, west, and far south-west are close to saturation, with poorly drained soils there waterlogged.

Elsewhere, soils are drier, with soil moisture deficits (SMDs) currently ranging between 20mm and 60mm for all soil types, highest in the south, with some restriction to growth.

Between now and Sunday, SMDs will increase widely by around 10mm to 15mm, though more substantially in the north-west, west and far south-west.