Question of the day is...what’s the weather like for this weekend?

Temperatures hit a sweltering high of more than 30 degrees this week but what can we expect from this weekend?

This being an Irish summer keeping the sun cream in one hand and the umbrella in the other is a necessity. And so it will be this weekend.

Met Éireann forecasters said temperatures will reach a high of 22 degrees in a mixture of good sunny spells and heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday.

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People having fun on the River Liffey in Dublin in July. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

For Friday, clouds are expected to clear after midday with sunny spells and the odd light shower this evening.

Temperatures will range between 17-21 degrees in light westerly breezes.

A Met Éireann forecaster said Saturday morning will be cloudy with scattered outbreaks of rain.

“It’ll be quite a pleasant day after the outbreak of rain clears,” she said.

It will be warm as temperatures are expected to reach 22 degrees.

Most of us will awake on Sunday to heavy rain but this will gradually clear over the morning.

Sunday afternoon will be bright and fresh with spells of sunshine and occasional showers.

Temperatures is set to drop slightly on Monday to a top of 19 degrees with blustery winds, sunny spells and showers.

Tuesday will be much the same and Wednesday will be mainly dry with light breezes.

We had our hottest day of the year on Wednesday with a sizzling 30 degrees