Foggy start with colder conditions on the way
Weather update from Met Éireann
Becoming increasingly colder over the coming days with frost and ice and potentially some wintry precipitation. That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.
This morning will be cold and mainly dry with mist and some dense patches of fog in places. Frost and some icy patches in east Leinster and in Ulster. Mist, fog and frost will slowly clear and bright or sunny spells will develop. There'll be a few light showers near coasts. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees with light east to northeast breezes.
Tonight will be cold and mainly dry with clear spells and some patches of mist or fog. A few showers will develop in eastern counties over night, turning wintry on high ground. Frost and some icy patches also with lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees and light to moderate north to northeast breezes.
Thursday will be cold, breezy and mainly dry with frost clearing and bright or sunny spells developing. There'll be a few showers in eastern areas. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with moderate north to northeast breezes.
Thursday night will be cold and mainly dry with clear spells and with widespread frost and some icy patches. Some patches of mist and fog also. Scattered showers will affect western parts of Connacht and Ulster and also some areas along the east coast. Some of these may be wintry. Lowest temperatures of -4 to +1 degrees, with light northerly or variable breezes.
On Friday morning, frost, and any mist or fog will gradually clear. The first day of the meteorological winter will be cold and mainly dry with sunny spells. There'll be a few showers in coastal areas. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with light to moderate northwesterly breezes.
Friday night will be cold and mainly dry with clear spells and some patches of mist or fog. Some showers will develop in the west and north, possibly turning wintry in the north. Lowest temperatures of -3 to 0 degrees with frost and some icy patches.
Saturday will be another cold day with sunny spells for a time. Cloud will increase from the west later. Highest temperatures of just 2 to 6 degrees with light west to southwest breezes. Through Saturday evening and night, there's a possibility of rain and drizzle spreading eastwards and turning to sleet or snow for a time as it does so. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees.
Sunday will be cold and mainly dry with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with light breezes.
Current indications suggest that Monday and Tuesday of next week will continue cold and mainly dry.