Today

Heavy wintry showers in places this morning but many areas dry with clear skies.

Cloud will increase from the Atlantic during the day bringing scattered outbreaks of light rain.

Cold and windy; highest temperatures 4 to 8 degrees but feeling more like zero in the strong northerly wind producing considerable wind chill.

Tonight

Clear spells and ground frost developing over East Ulster, Leinster and East Munster with lowest air temperatures zero to 3 degrees.

Cloudier elsewhere and chilly with minima of 3 to 5 degrees and a few light showers.