Ireland is set for record spring temperatures.
According to forecaster James Madden, extreme 'heat surges' are set to come up from the continent and temperatures will be well above average in the second half of May.
He also predicts that Ireland and the UK are heading for 'heatwave after heatwave' in June and July, mirroring the glorious summer of 2013.
He said: “Despite a much fresher and slightly more unsettled outlook in the coming days, there is now agreement that high pressure will dominate for the remainder of May.
“This will allow many parts of the country to bask in well above-average temperatures - with a number of heat surges around the mid month period and during the final third of the month.
“All of this will deliver optimum conditions for heatwave after heatwave during the start of the meteorological summer, and several of these heat surges are likely to be of some major significance in terms of the maximum recorded temperatures.”
