Time to block book some days in the sun

From barbeques to bathers and buckets of ice-cream, the weekend is set to be sizzling with more to come, as a heatwave is on the way and set to strike next week, with temperatures expected to soar to 29C.

It’s all down to what meteorologists call a ‘blocking high’ — areas of high pressure that remain nearly stationary and distort the usual progression of pressure systems.

In Ireland’s case, this high is coming from the Azores and is keeping our typically low-pressure zones to the south-west at bay.