Cold day with showers and maybe sleet
Weather update from Met Éireann
Today will be quite cloudy with occasional sunny periods and a few icy patches in parts at first. There will be showers or outbreaks of rain at times, possibly some sleet over Ulster later in the day. Highest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees with fresh and gusty west to northwest winds in the morning, easing light in the afternoon.
Patchy rain, sleet and hill snow will clear Ulster by early tonight. Wintry showers will mostly affect northern fringes and parts of the west and southwest overnight where some falls of sleet or snow are likely. Clearer weather developing elsewhere and a widespread frost will form with ice on untreated surfaces. Lowest temperatures of 0 to -4 degrees. Pockets of freezing fog will also form in very light winds.
Tomorrow, frost, fog or ice will linger in some parts during the day. There will be sunny spells with wintry showers of hail, sleet and snow feeding onto northern facing coasts, and also into the west and southwest. A lot of dry weather elsewhere. Afternoon temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees with very light winds or calm conditions.
Widespread sharp frost with temperatures falling to between 0 and -4 degrees or -5 degrees on Monday night. Clear spells with scattered wintry showers. Outbreaks of sleet and snow may affect parts of the west and south too. Some freezing fog will likely form with little wind over land.
Cold for a time early next week with widespread overnight frosts and ice on untreated surfaces. There'll also be some sleet and snow showers. Turning milder again from the southwest during Thursday.
Tuesday is expected cold with lying frost or ice. There will be some sleet and snow showers in places. Bright or sunny spells too. Afternoon temperatures of just 1 to 4 degrees with light to moderate variable or northerly breezes, fresher near Atlantic coasts. Lowest temperatures of -2 to -6 degrees overnight with further sleet and snow showers. A sharp to severe frost with icy stretches and lying snow in parts. Some freezing fog patches too.
Wednesday will bring sunny spells with scattered wintry showers, mainly in the west and north. Highs of 3 to 6 degrees but feeling very cold in a brisk northerly wind. Temperatures will likely fall below zero again on Wednesday night.
Turning much milder on Thursday with a spell of rain and fresh southerly winds moving in from the Atlantic. The rain will be preceded by some sleet and hill snow for a time in the north and east.
Further outlook: Friday looks fairly dry and bright with temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees, coldest in the northeast. Mild and changeable for next weekend with temperatures around 8 to 10 degrees.