Breezy and cloudy with light rain and drizzle

Weather Update from Met Éireann

Today will be breezy and cloudy with limited bright spells. There will be scattered outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, turning more persistent in northern areas during the evening. Highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees with fresh to strong westerly winds.

Early tonight will be mostly cloudy with mist and scattered outbreaks of light rain or drizzle, most frequent in Ulster. It will become drier overnight as drizzle becomes isolated and the cloud will break up in places. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees, possibly lower under clear spells in the south and southeast, with a moderate westerly wind.

There will be a fair amount of dry weather on Wednesday morning, with some bright or sunny periods and just isolated drizzle. It will become cloudier later in the day and outbreaks of light rain and drizzle will become more frequent. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees with a moderate westerly wind.

Early in the night on Wednesday, it will be mostly cloudy with scattered light rain and drizzle. This will continue in coastal parts of the west and northwest overnight but it will become drier in other areas. It will become breezier with moderate to fresh southwesterly winds developing. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees.

Rain will move into the northwest on Thursday morning and will be heavy at times. The band of rain will move southeastwards across the country through the morning and afternoon and will be followed by sunny spells and scattered showers from the northwest. It will be windy and sometimes squally, with fresh to strong and gusty southwesterly winds developing. Winds will turn west to northwest and ease a little once the rain clears through. Temperatures will reach 8 to 11 degrees in the morning but it will become much colder behind the rain.

Early on Thursday night, most areas will be dry, clear and cold, with scattered showers of rain, hail or sleet, mainly affecting the northwest. The showers will extend further southeastwards through the night, but most parts of the south and east will stay dry. Some snow showers are possible on mountains in Ulster. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees with moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds.

Friday will be cold and bright with sunny spells and scattered showers of rain or sleet. The showers will be most frequent in the north and west. Highest afternoon temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees with a moderate to fresh westerly wind.

Cold with clear spells and scattered showers of rain or sleet, mainly affecting the west and northwest overnight on Friday. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees with light to moderate west to southwest winds.

Looking ahead to the weekend and there is some uncertainty in the forecast but, at the moment, it looks like a return to milder weather, with rain affecting the northern half of the country but drier and sometimes brighter weather further south.