Cold spell to persist throughout the week

Weather update from Met Éireann

It will be bitterly cold today as Ireland remains under a Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning until noon on Thursday.

Met Éireann is warning of very cold nights with widespread frost and ice. Temperatures will struggle to get above freezing during the day.

Road users are being urged to take caution amid hazardous travelling conditions.

Bitterly cold today with widespread frost and lying snow. There'll be sunshine and scattered showers of rain, hail, sleet and snow. Top temperatures generally ranging from 1 to 5 degrees but staying below freezing over snow-fields. Northwesterly winds will increase moderate to fresh and gusty, stronger for a time in Atlantic areas.

Clear spells and scattered sleet and snow showers tonight, the showers most frequent in the west and north. Widespread frost and ice with lowest temperatures of -5 to 0 degrees in moderate west to northwest winds.

Another very cold day tomorrow (Tuesday) with sunshine and further scattered few wintry showers in the west and north of the country. Frost and ice will linger in some areas all day with highest temperatures ranging from 0 to +5 degrees in moderate northwest winds.

Bitterly cold Tuesday night with severe frost as minimum temperatures range from -8 to -3 degrees in light westerly or variable winds. Areas of freezing fog will develop in some areas leading to hazardous travelling conditions. Still a few wintry showers along the north coast.

Very cold again on Wednesday with areas of ice and freezing fog lingering in some areas throughout the day. Where the fog does clear there will be spells of sunshine. Maximum afternoon temperatures will generally range from -3 to +3 degrees in mostly light westerly winds. Further wintry showers in the north and northwest.

Another bitterly cold night on Wednesday night with widespread frost and ice along with areas of freezing fog developing again. Some sleet and snow showers along northern and northwestern coastal areas. Lowest temperatures of -8 to -2 degrees.

A mainly dry chilly day on Thursday with sunshine, however frost and freezing fog may linger in southern parts. Maximum afternoon temperatures of -2 to +5 degrees, with light variable winds.

Rain, sleet and snow spreading northeastwards on Thursday night. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees, in moderate to fresh southeasterly winds.

Less cold on Friday with outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards and becoming lighter through the day. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with light southeasterly breezes.