Outlook

Overview: Becoming increasingly colder with frost and ice and potentially some wintry precipitation. Thursday night will be cold and mainly dry with clear spells and with widespread frost and some icy patches. Some patches of mist and fog also. Scattered showers will affect western parts of Connacht and Ulster and also some areas along the east coast. Some of these may be wintry. Lowest temperatures of -4 to +1 degrees, with light northerly or variable breezes. On Friday morning, frost, and any mist or fog will gradually clear. The first day of the meteorological winter will be cold and mainly dry with sunny spells. There'll be a few showers in coastal areas. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with light to moderate northwesterly breezes. Friday night will be cold and mainly dry with clear spells and some patches of mist or fog. Some showers will develop in the west ad north, possibly turning wintry in the north. Lowest temperatures of -3 to 0 degrees with frost and some icy patches. Saturday will be another cold day with sunny spells for a time. Cloud will increase from the west later. Highest temperatures of just 2 to 6 degrees with light west to southwest breezes. Through Saturday evening and night, there's a possibility of rain and drizzle spreading eastwards and turning to sleet or snow for a time as it does so. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees. Sunday will be cold and mainly dry with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with light breezes. Current indications suggest that Monday and Tuesday of next week will continue cold and mainly dry.