Cooler days and chilly nights amid ice and fog
Weather update from Met Éireann
Over the next few days we'll see cooler days and chilly nights with frost, ice and freezing fog. With low pressure staying nearby we'll also see further outbreaks of scattered showers as well as persistent widespread fog.
Mist and fog will clear early this morning leaving a bright day for most. Scattered showers will mostly affect parts of the south and east today, possibly turning heavy and thundery at times with the slight chance of hail. Highest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees in light to moderate southeasterly or variable winds.
Tonight will be dry for most with scattered showers mostly keeping to coastal fringes. Mist and fog will develop overnight becoming widespread by morning under mostly calm conditions. Frost and ice will form under any clear skies with lowest temperatures of -2 to 3 degrees, mildest in the northeast.
Saturday will be a similar set up with mist and fog lingering for a time. It'll a generally dry but cloudy day. Isolated showers will be mostly confined to the coasts at first but will gradually feed in over parts of the east and northeast through the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees in light southeasterly or cyclonic variable winds.
Similar to the previous night, widespread fog will develop in places along with frost patches under any clear skies. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +3 degrees in near calm conditions.
Mist and fog will linger in places on Sunday morning but it will remain generally dry for the earlier half of the day, with brighter breaks further east. Through the afternoon, rain and drizzle will feed in over western counties and gradually clear eastwards overnight and into Monday morning.
Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in light to moderate southeasterly winds. As rain continues to move in overnight temperatures will be relatively milder with lows of 2 to 6 degrees in moderate southeast winds.
Further Outlook: Uncertainty in the forecast but current indications suggest unsettled conditions will continue as a mobile Atlantic regime remains in charge. There is also a signal for cool or cold weather to return.