Ireland will see another long spell of dry and settled conditions as high pressure is set to dominate over the next week or so.
Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather said: "The boring settled weather will continue for the next 10 days. Very little if any rain but also a lot of cloud."
This morning will be bright, cold, and frosty in many areas with a few showers in parts of the northeast.
It will be a mostly dry day with some good sunny spells. However, cloud will spread from the northeast bringing the odd spot of drizzle following.
The remaining sunshine will stay across the southern half of the country.
The temperatures will range between 6 and 9 degrees.
Tonight will be largely dry and cloudy with a little drizzle in the north.
It will be a cold night with lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees but the mercury will dive to as low as -2 degrees in parts of Munster and south Leinster with frost developing under clearer skies.
Tomorrow will be mostly dry with mist and fog clearing in the morning.
There will be plenty of cloud over much of the country with just some patchy drizzle at times on western and northwestern coasts.
The southern half will get the best of any sunny spells throughout the day.
The highest temperatures will be of 5 to 8 degrees.
Here is the forecast for the rest of the week:
Friday night
A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Predominately dry and cloudy overnight with mostly light southwesterly breezes. Patchy drizzle will affect some northern and Atlantic coasts.
"Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees generally but it will dip down to 0 or -1 degrees in southern parts with some clear spells.
Saturday
"Continuing largely dry albeit cloudy with patches of drizzle along Atlantic coasts. The best of any sunny spells will be in the southeast. Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in light to moderate southwesterly breezes.
"Overnight, more persistent drizzle may develop along southern and western coasts.
"Lowest temperatures of 1 to 6 degrees generally but a little colder over parts of Leinster, in light to moderate south to southwest breezes, becoming fresher on western and northwestern coasts.
Sunday
"Another dry and cloudy day for most just occasional bright spells developing but with some patchy drizzle occurring on Atlantic and southern coastal areas.
"Moderate southwesterly winds, fresher in the west and northwest will ease during the day. Highest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees in light to moderate south to southwest breezes. During the evening, a band of light rain will push into the northwest, becoming patchier as it moves further south during the night.
"Lowest temperatures generally of 1 to 5 degrees in light variable breezes with mist and fog patches forming.
Monday
"A brighter day than previous days with a mix of cloud and sunny spells along with patchy light rain and drizzle. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in light breezes.
Further outlook
"High pressure is indicated to continue dominating our weather bringing predominately dry conditions though there will be some light rain or drizzle at times.
"Turning slightly milder as well with highest temperatures generally ranging between 8 and 11 degrees."
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