Met Eireann’s latest forecast confirms snowfall for one region as temperatures begin to drop and grim conditions like rain, hail, thunder and lightning batter the country.
This evening will be cold and windy with widespread blustery showers - some of which will be heavy with isolated hail and thunder.
Strong and gusty westerly winds are due and will be particularly strong in the northwest and north with gales and severe gusts in coastal areas.
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Early tonight the very strong, gusty westerly winds will continue in Ulster and will ease somewhat overnight.
These westerly winds will be fresh to strong and gusty elsewhere and there will be clear spells and showers.
A band of heavier rain will move southwards overnight, falling as sleet in places with hail or lightning possible with lows of 0 to +3 degrees and a touch of frost.
Sunday morning will be mostly cloudy in Connacht, Munster, and south Leinster with showers or longer spells of rain.
Sunny spells are expected in Ulster and north Leinster, but showers will develop here also through the day - some of hail with isolated thunderstorms possible.
On Sunday night, showers will mostly become confined to northern counties with clearer weather developing elsewhere.
Some falls of sleet are likely, and some will fall as snow later in the night in the north.
Widespread frost will form with ice on untreated surfaces with lowest temperatures of -3 to -1 degrees.
On Monday, frost or ice will linger in some parts during the day. There will be sunny spells with wintry showers - some of hail - feeding onto northern-facing coasts in a light northwest airflow, and also into the southwest.
Things will turn cloudier with showers possibly becoming more widespread later and afternoon temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees will arrive, coldest in the north.
Tuesday will be cold with lying frost or ice before afternoon temperatures of just 1 to 3 degrees are seen.
It will be a mostly bright day with showers continuing to feed into Atlantic and northern areas in a northerly airflow, freshening later - lowest temperatures of 0 to -3.
Wednesday will see sunny spells with scattered wintry showers alongside highs of 3 to 6 degrees, but it will feel very cold with a brisk northerly wind.
Temperatures will likely fall below zero again on Wednesday night.
Beyond this point, the Irish forecasters say things will turn “much milder on Thursday with a spell of rain and fresh southwest winds moving in from the Atlantic. Staying mild and changeable for the rest of the week”.
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