A status yellow snow-ice warning remains in place for the entire counry until 6pm on Monday evening. It warns of very cold temperatures, with icy patches and lying snow. Further snow showers will occur, mainly affecting parts of Leinster and Munster.

Monday

Monday will be mainly dry, according to Met Éireann, with just isolated showers in the morning in the east and south. The afternoon will brighten up with sunshine developing. Highest temperatures will be 3°C to 6°C in moderate to fresh northeast winds.

Monday night’s clear skies will see temperatures fall to -3°C or minus -4°C with a widespread severe frost.

Tuesday

Tuesday will be dry and sunny with light variable breezes. Temperatures will be 7°C or 8°C in the afternoon. Tuesday night will continue dry with light variable winds becoming southwesterly by the end of the night.

Temperatures in the east will fall below freezing, down to as low as -3°C in places, but further to the west the strengthening southwesterly wind will bring slightly milder conditions and temperatures will remain mostly above freezing.

Wednesday

Temperatures will begin to improve on Wednesday as southwesterly winds take charge, reaching between 9°C and 11°C in the afternoon. There will be some patchy rain, mostly affecting northern counties, but the bulk of the country will remain dry with bright or sunny spells, the best in the south.

Wednesday night will be mostly dry too and temperatures will be above freezing for most in light to moderate southwesterly winds.

Thursday

Thursday will start out mainly dry with some brighter weather for the east in the morning, but thickening cloud will bring rain in to western coasts by the end of the morning, spreading eastwards in the afternoon.

Temperatures will be around normal for the time of year and staying above freezing at night. Freshening southwesterly winds will back southerly during the day.

Friday

Friday will see further outbreaks of rain and winds of variable direction as a complex area of low pressure moves in. The winds will become northwesterly in the second half of the day.

Outlook

The outlook for the weekend is for mostly dry conditions but with westerly winds, some showers are likely at times.

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