Met Eireann has forecast cold and windy weather for Dublin, with hail and sleet possible in some areas.
The morning will start out as mostly dry with sunny spells before scattered showers set in. Fresh to strong winds are expected across the afternoon, which will eventually give way overnight.
Highest temperatures across the day range from 4 to 7 degrees. However, a noticeable chill will take over by evening with lows of 0 to 3 degrees likely.
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The forecast also predicts a touch of frost this evening and snow in mountainous areas. The wet weather will continue through the night, with long clear spells of occasional rain and sleet predicted.
Cold conditions will drag on into next week, eventually easing by Thursday. The national forecast for this weekend is below.
Saturday
Today will be cold with scattered showers and some sunny spells. It will turn windy this afternoon and evening with strong and gusty westerly winds, increasing very strong in the northwest, with strong gales at times in coastal areas.
Not as windy in the south. Showers will be most widespread this afternoon. Isolated hail and lightning are possible, with some falls of sleet later in the day. Afternoon temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees.
Saturday night
Staying windy at first tonight with westerly winds largely easing overnight. Strong winds will however develop in the southwest. There will be a mix of showers with clear spells, cloudier in Ulster with a band of heavier rain moving down overnight.
Some sleet in parts, with snow possible over mountains. Chance of local hail or lightning too. Lows of 0 to +3 degrees with a touch of frost.
Sunday
Sunday will bring a good deal of cloud with some bright or sunny periods. There will be further showers, prolonged in some areas, with a chance of hail too.
Northwest winds will be strong for a time in the southwest tomorrow morning, otherwise westerly winds will be light or moderate. Showers will turn increasingly wintry in the north through the evening. Highs of 4 to 7 degrees.
Sunday night
Showers will mostly become confined to northern counties overnight with clearer weather developing elsewhere. Some falls of sleet likely, falling as snow later in the night in the north.
Widespread frost will form with ice on untreated surfaces. Lowest temperatures of -3 to -1 degrees. Pockets of freezing fog will also form in light winds, westerly becoming northerly.
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