Today

Mist or fog will lift and any lingering patchy rain will clear and today will become mainly dry with sunny spells and just the odd wintry shower.

Highest temperatures 6 to 8 degrees with mostly moderate northwest winds later backing southwest.

Tonight

Later this evening cloud will build along western coasts once again, bringing outbreaks of rain and sleet eastwards over the country tonight, clearing eastwards by morning.

Lowest temperatures ranging from minus 1 in the east early in the night to plus 3 degrees in the west.

Moderate southwest winds will veer westerly with the clearing rain.

This information is with thanks to Met Éireann.