Blustery, windy day with sunny spells and showers
Weather update from Met Éireann
Unsettled conditions with spells of rain and showers. That's the latest outlook from the national weather forecaster.
Today will be a blustery or windy day with sunny spells and showers in most areas, many of them heavy with the possibility of hail. Coastal regions of east Leinster and south Munster will be mainly dry. Southwest winds will be fresh to strong and gusty with gales on Atlantic coasts. Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees.
Tonight will continue windy with further showers, heaviest and most frequent over Connacht and Ulster with hail and isolated thunderstorms possible. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 6 degrees with fresh to strong, gusty south to southwest winds.
On Wednesday, showers will continue over Ulster and north Connacht, but it will be mainly dry further south with bright or sunny spells. Towards evening, rain will develop in the southwest and move up over Munster. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees with moderate to fresh southwest winds.
Wednesday night will be mostly cloudy with over Leinster and Munster and scattered showers further north. the rain will clear eastwards by morning and some patches of mist or fog may develop. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees with light westerly or variable breezes.
Thursday morning will be mainly dry with just a few showers in the north. Through the afternoon and evening, outbreaks of rain will develop in Munster and south Leinster. Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees with mostly light breezes. Thursday night will be cold and mainly dry over the northern half of the country with frost, fog and lowest temperatures of 0 to 2 degrees. Milder further south with lows of 2 to 6 degrees and some patchy rain or drizzle. Heavier and more persistent rain will push up from the south overnight.
On Friday morning, rain will spread northwards and will persistent over the northern half of the country in the afternoon and evening. It will be heavy at times and may fall as sleet on high ground in Ulster. Brighter weather with showers will follow over the southern half of the country. Highest temperatures of 3 to 5 degrees in Ulster and from 6 to 9 degrees further south with moderate to fresh southerly winds.
The outlook for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are uncertain. But at the moment, it looks like Christmas Eve will bring a mix of bright or sunny spells and some showers with highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees and moderate to fresh southwest winds.
Christmas Day looks like being cool and bright with a mix of sunshine and showers with moderate westerly winds and highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees.