Sunny spells and showers

Sunny spells and scattered showers today, forecast Met Éireann for Ulster. The showers will be a mix of rain, hail and sleet, with the risk of isolated thunderstorms. The showers will become isolated later in the day. Highest temperatures of 5 to 7 degrees. Light to moderate northerly breezes will be gusty around showers.

Very cold tonight with temperatures dropping to between -3 to +1 degrees, and with a widespread sharp to severe frost forming, with some ice patches. Scattered wintry showers will move in from the north overnight with a risk of isolated thunderstorms here. Light variable breezes.

Tomorrow

A cold, bright start tomorrow, Saturday with good spells of sunshine. Cloud will increase through the afternoon with showers of rain, hail and sleet developing with a risk of thunderstorms too. There'll be some snow showers also, especially over higher ground. Highest temperatures of 6 to 8 degrees, coldest in the north, in light to moderate northerly breezes.

Sunday

Another cold and bright start with plenty of sunshine and just isolated showers. Cloud looks set to increase from the northwest through the afternoon with rain affecting most of Ulster and Connacht through the day. Much of the south and east will hold dry with some sunshine. Highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees, in mostly light north to northwest breezes.

Outbreaks of rain will continue overnight, mainly in the west and northwest. Some clear spells will develop elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees. Light westerly winds will back southwest and moderate.