Cold week ahead with widespread frost and ice

Weather update from Met Éireann

Staying very cold throughout the working week with widespread frost and ice. Most areas will remain dry and bright with just occasional wintry showers near coasts. Winds will remain generally light.

That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.

Bright and bitterly cold this morning with a severe frost, icy conditions and freezing fog, all leading to very hazardous travelling conditions. The frost, ice and fog will linger in places through the day. Wintry showers will also continue in the northwest, with a few moving into eastern and southern counties during the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will reach just -2 to +4 degrees, highest near coasts and remaining below freezing for much of the north midlands. Light breezes, southeasterly or variable.

Remaining very cold tonight, especially towards the north of the country. Lowest temperatures generally ranging from -6 to 0 degrees. Generally dry with just isolated wintry showers in some coastal areas. A widespread sharp to severe frost and icy conditions will set in with further patches of freezing fog developing. Light to moderate easterly breezes.

Very cold once again tomorrow with frost and ice persisting through much of the day. Mostly cloudy in the southern half of the country with brighter conditions towards the north. It will stay dry for most areas with a few outbreaks of rain, sleet or snow in the southwest and just isolated wintry showers elsewhere. Daytime temperatures will reach 0 to 5 degrees in light to moderate northeasterly winds, fresher in the southwest.

Very cold but generally dry tomorrow night. Just a chance of isolated wintry showers near coasts. Widespread frost and ice are expected with minimum temperatures of -5 to +1 degrees. Light to moderate northeasterly winds.

Generally dry on Wednesday with a good deal of crisp winter sunshine. Just a chance of isolated wintry showers near coasts. Highest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees in mainly light northerly breezes.

Another very cold, frosty night on Wednesday with lows of -6 to 0 degrees. Remaining generally clear and dry with light northerly breezes. Just isolated wintry showers in the north and northwest.

Thursday is expected largely dry and bright with afternoon temperatures 2 to 5 degrees. Just occasional wintry showers continuing in the north and northwest. Light northwesterly breezes.

Showers of rain and sleet will become slightly more widespread on Friday, although much of the midlands, south and east will remain dry. Partly cloudy with occasional bright spells. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in light southwesterly breezes.

Further outlook: Considerable uncertainty remains for the weekend and into next week. Early indications are that conditions will turn somewhat warmer but very unsettled on Sunday with some prolonged spells of rain.