Sunshine and showers as Storm Bert moves away

Weather update from Met Éireann

Rather cold and mostly settled though midweek, with some frost and fog. Turning milder and a little more unsettled again later in the week. That's the latest weather outlook from Met Éireann.

Today will bring a mix of sunshine and scattered showers, some heavy, with the slight chance of hail and a few isolated thunderstorms, the showers most frequent in the north, west and southwest, but isolated further east.

Moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty southwest to west winds, strong to near gale force and gusty for a time in the north and northwest, will ease through the day as Storm Bert moves away, becoming mainly light to moderate by evening. Highest afternoon temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.

Showers will become mostly confined to coastal counties of the west and north tonight and will gradually become more isolated, with long clear spells developing. Frost and some icy patches will develop as temperatures fall to between -2 to +2 degrees in light to moderate southwest or variable breezes. A few isolated mist and fog patches will develop.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, will be dry and sunny for most. However, there'll still be some well scattered showers around, with these most likely in coastal parts of the north, west and south. Highest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in just light southwest to west or variable breezes.

There's the likelihood of some showery rain on Tuesday night in the southeast and east and a few coastal showers in the north, otherwise it'll be dry with frost developing in many areas. Fog or freezing fog is likely to become fairly widespread too, dense in places. Lowest temperatures of -3 to +2 degrees in mostly light variable breezes, becoming moderate north to northeasterly in the east and southeast.

Areas of mist and fog could be slow to clear through Wednesday morning and may linger all day in a few spots. There'll be a little showery rain in the east in the morning and a few isolated showers near the north and northwest coast, otherwise it will be a largely dry day with some spells of sunshine. A chilly day with highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees, colder where fog lingers, in mostly light northerly or variable breezes.

Wednesday night will be another dry and cold night with frost and icy patches developing. Mist and fog will thicken early in the night and become fairly widespread for a time, but will start to clear later in the night, as light winds increase moderate easterly and freshen in the southwest towards morning. Lowest temperatures of -3 to +1 degrees.

The frost, mist and fog will clear on Thursday morning and it'll be dry in most areas with some sunshine, especially further to the north and east. However, it'll become mostly cloudy in the morning the south and west, with some rain and drizzle, mainly in the southwest. Cloud will build elsewhere too through the day and it'll become breezy, and while there'll be some further scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the southwest and south, it'll hold mainly dry elsewhere. Highest temperatures of 5 degrees in the north to 12 degrees with southeasterly winds increasing mostly fresh and gusty, stronger in some coastal parts.

It looks like Thursday night will be cloudy and breezy, and while it'll be dry in many areas, there'll be some rain and drizzle in the southwest and likely also in western parts. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southeasterly winds.

Friday will be another breezy day and while there's the chance of some sunny spells for a time, mainly in the east, it'll be mostly cloudy. There'll be some rain in the southwest and west, and while there's uncertainty, this rain is likely to spread further eastwards at some stage on Friday or Friday night. Milder everywhere with highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southeasterly winds, stronger in some coastal parts.

While there's some uncertainty, it looks like it'll continue rather cloudy, mild and breezy on Saturday with the likelihood of some rain and drizzle at times, but good dry spells too. There's the chance that Sunday will be drier and brighter with the winds easing.