Cold over the coming days, sometimes wet and windy

Weather update from Met Éireann

Low pressure will dominate over the coming days, with spells of wet and sometimes windy conditions. Turning milder from Sunday.

Cold to start this morning with frost and icy patches, slow to clear. There is a status yellow ice warning in place north of the border including in counties Fermanagh and Armagh. It will remain in place until 11am.

Otherwise, a bright day overall with spells of sunshine and scattered showers, mainly affecting Munster, and parts of Connacht and north Ulster.

The showers will be a wintry mix of rain, hail and sleet, with a little snow possible over higher ground and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees, coldest in the northeast, in mostly light to moderate westerly winds, increasing fresh to strong and gusty northwesterly in the southwest.

Cold and mostly dry tonight, with scattered wintry showers continuing mainly for northern and western parts, though some showers will extend further eastwards at times. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +3 degrees, coldest in Ulster, with frost and ice patches developing. Light westerly breezes will allow patches of fog or freezing fog to form in places, with moderate to fresh northwesterly winds in the south and southwest.

Starting cold tomorrow morning with frost, ice and fog slow to clear. Dry and bright for most with isolated showers mainly in the northwest, turning wintry at times. Cloud will build from the west through the afternoon with outbreaks of rain and drizzle following tomorrow evening. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees with mostly light southwesterly breezes, backing southerly tomorrow evening.

Rain and drizzle in the west will extend eastwards Saturday night, becoming widespread. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 2 degrees in the north and east initially, becoming milder with the rain with lowest temperatures generally of 3 to 7 degrees. Light to moderate southerly winds will increase fresh to strong.

Sunday is expected windy with widespread outbreaks of rain continuing, turning heavy in places with a chance of hail. Milder with highest temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees. Southerly winds will be fresh to strong reaching near gale force at times.

Outbreaks of rain will gradually clear northeastwards Sunday night with showers and clear spells following. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees, with southwesterly winds easing moderate to fresh.

Monday should bring a mix of sunshine and showers, merging to longer spells of rain at times. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees, with moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.

There is uncertainty in the details for Tuesday but likely a wet start with widespread outbreaks of rain, clearing to bright spells and showers. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees with light to moderate southwesterly winds.

Further outlook: Current indications show a continuation of unsettled conditions.