Today

Remaining rain and sleet in the east and north will soon clear to leave a bright, fresh day with sunny spells and showers.

The showers will be mainly over the western half of the country with just isolated showers in the east.

Becoming cloudy from the southwest this afternoon, with more persistent rain developing in the west and southwest towards evening.

Highs of 7 to 10 degrees with moderate to fresh southwest to west winds.

Tonight

Cloudy tonight with outbreaks of rain spreading countrywide.

The rain will be persistent and heavy in places towards dawn.

Lows of 4 to 7 degrees will occur this evening and early tonight, with temperatures rising 7 to 10 degrees by the end of the night. Increasingly windy overnight, with south to southwest winds increasing strong to gale force and gusty by morning.

Potentially damaging gusts may occur near Atlantic coasts towards dawn, with the threat of coastal flooding due to very high seas.

National weather warnings

A status yellow advisory for wind is in place from Friday.

Met Éireann ha said it will be very windy on Friday, with possibly storm force winds along parts of the coast.