A cold start with sunny spells expected later

A Status Yellow - Low Temperature/Ice warning remains in place for Cavan and Monaghan this morning until 9am.

Met Éireann have warned there is sharp frost, icy stretches, and black ice causing treacherous travel conditions.

Outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the northwest will clear eastwards through the morning with sunny spells and scattered showers following for the afternoon.

Highest temperatures of 3 to 8 degrees, cooler further east. Mostly moderate southwesterly winds will gradually veer northwesterly through the day.

Starting off mostly clear and dry apart from a few coastal showers tonight.

However, cloud will spread from the west through the second half of the night. While it will be less cold than recent nights, some frost is still possible in places with lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees, with mostly moderate westerly winds.

Starting off dry and cloudy tomorrow, however outbreaks of rain and drizzle will spread from the west through the late afternoon and evening, becoming patchier as they do so.

Some bright spells are possible further east where it will remain dry until evening. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees, with mostly light westerly winds, backing southerly through the day.