Weather: Cold and frosty today but mainly dry
Weather Update
Cold and frosty this morning with isolated wintry showers. The latest weather forecast from Met Éireann for Ulster says it will be mostly dry today with some sunny spells. It will be windy and very cold with fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds, with gales along coasts. Afternoon temperatures of just 1 to 3 degrees.
Status yellow snow and ice and wind warnings are in place for Leinster, Connacht and Munster.
Tonight it will stay dry in many places but there is a risk of sleet and snow in the south and west of the province. Staying breezy with fresh and gusty southeasterly winds, strong near coasts and lowest temperatures of -2 to +1 degrees.
Mainly dry on Friday with some sunny spells. It will be cold in fresh and gusty southeasterly winds, with gales along coasts. Highest temperatures of 2 to 4 degrees.
Friday night is set to be wet and windy night as rain spreads countrywide, falling as sleet or snow in Ulster and parts of north and east Leinster. Rain will be heavy in southern coastal counties with a risk of some flooding. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees generally, but less cold in the southwest with lows of 5 to 8 degrees. Southeasterly winds will be fresh to strong and gusty.
Saturday again will be wet and windy. Further falls of sleet and snow in Ulster and parts of north and east Leinster at first, before transitioning to rain later. Rain will again be heaviest in southern coastal counties, maintaining the risk of flooding. Staying cold in Ulster and Leinster with afternoon temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees, but turning milder in Connacht and Munster with temperatures reaching 6 to 11 degrees. Southeasterly winds will continue fresh to strong and gusty.
It will stay wet on Saturday night, with heavy rain in many areas giving a risk of flooding. Fresh to strong and gusty south to southeast winds will ease in most areas overnight. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 8 degrees.
Sunday will bring further outbreaks of rain, turning heavy and persistent through the afternoon. Breezy again too, with fresh and gusty southerly winds developing. Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees, coldest in Ulster.
Current indications for Sunday night suggest rain will continue in the east of the country overnight but becoming drier in the west of the country. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in moderate southerly breezes.
The outlook for next week says weather conditions will remain very unsettled with further spells of wet and windy weather.