Weather: Frosty start, dry and dull day ahead

A cold start with fog and frost in places. It'll be a mostly dry although rather dull day, with isolated showers on coasts. Temperatures this afternoon of just 3 to 5 degrees, winds will be light southerly or variable in direction.

Tonight will be a mostly dry night once again and under clear skies temperatures will fall to between minus 2 and plus 2 degrees, once again fog may form and become dense in patches.

Tomorrow, Saturday will be cloudy with patchy light rain and drizzle at times. Temperatures will be between 5 and 7 degrees generally. Winds will be light to moderate easterly.

The outlook for tomorrow night is for rather cloudy conditions to continue, with patchy rain at times in the northwest of the country, otherwise it will be mainly dry. Temperatures through the night will remain unchanged or even rise a little, generally between 6 and 8 degrees in light easterly winds.

On Sunday there'll be isolated showers but overall a dry day with cloudy conditions prevailing. Temperatures will be between 9 and 11 degrees with light variable; winds. Temperatures will fall overnight to between 3 and 5 degrees.

Monday will be mainly dry with some brighter weather for the morning in the south and east for a time, cloud in the northwest will bring outbreaks of rain there, otherwise a generally dry day once again with temperatures of 9 or 10 degrees in a moderate southwest wind, become fresh at times in the north. Little change in temperatures overnight as it remains cloudy but largely dry.

Tuesday is promised cloudy too and staying mostly dry with temperatures in the afternoon of around 10 degrees with light winds becoming westerly in direction.

Current indications suggest little change to start Wednesday but there's a signal for much colder conditions to end the week.