Minus five tonight with snow on the way tomorrow
Weather update from Met Éireann
Cold with wintry showers and with severe frosts and ice. Becoming milder from Thursday onwards with spells of rain at times. That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.
Cold this morning with a sharp frost, patches of mist or fog and icy stretches. These will clear slowly and may linger in places. Mainly dry with sunny spells. Showers in west Munster will mainly become confined to the southwest coast by noon. Scattered showers in north Ulster, some wintry. Highest temperatures of just 1 to 4 degrees with light northwest breezes.
Tonight will be very cold with a widespread severe frost, patches of mist and fog and icy stretches. Most areas will be dry. However, outbreaks of sleet or snow may develop in parts of Kerry and Cork and there will be some wintry showers in Ulster and north Connacht. Lowest temperatures of -1 to -5 degrees.
Tuesday will be very cold with frost and ice lingering n many areas. Sunny spells and scattered wintry showers, these most frequent in Connacht and Ulster. Some will fall as snow, especially in the evening. Eastern and southern counties will be mainly dry. Highest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees with light northwest breezes gradually freshening.
Tuesday night will be cold with showers of sleet and snow. A sharp to severe frost with icy stretches and some freezing fog patches too. Lowest temperatures of -4 to 0 degrees.
Wednesday will see sunny spells with scattered wintry showers, mainly in the west and north. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with moderate to fresh northwest winds. Wednesday night will be very cold with a widespread severe frost and icy stretches, Lowest temperatures of -5 to -2 degrees.
Thursday will continue very cold with frost and ice lingering in some areas for much of the day. Cloudier conditions will develop in the west and southwest with outbreaks of rain and sleet developing at times. Highest afternoon temperatures of 1 to 6 degrees, coldest in Ulster. On Thursday night, rain will spread eastwards across Ireland, falling as sleet or snow in places for a time. Temperatures will fall below zero in Ulster early in the night, but will gradually increase overnight.
Friday will be a much milder and mostly cloudy day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees with moderate west to southwest breezes.
The outlook for next weekend is for mild, mostly cloudy and unsettled weather with spells of rain at times. Day time temperatures will range from about 9 to 12 degrees with moderate to fresh southwest winds. The nights will be frost-free.