Bright, cold day in Cork as weather set to turn mid-week

Cork can expect to see a cold and frosty start to the week, with wintry sunshine and the occasional scattered shower in daytime and freezing temperatures overnight, before a return mid-week to milder temperatures and rain.

Monday will start cold, with frost and ice gradually clearing. The day will be bright and mostly dry, with good spells of winter sunshine.

Western parts of Munster can expect some scattered showers, with the chance of hail or sleet, mainly over higher ground.

The day will see highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees in mostly moderate north-westerly winds, and will be a little fresher at times in coastal parts.

Tonight will be dry in most places, with clear spells and just a few isolated showers, although some may be wintry.

There is the likelihood of some isolated fog or freezing fog patches as winds decrease mostly light and variable.

Tonight will be cold, with lowest temperatures generally ranging from around -3 to zero degrees, with widespread frost and ice.

Tuesday will see a frosty, icy start, with a few isolated patches of fog and freezing fog which will gradually clear to leave a mainly dry and bright day with spells of sunshine.

As Tuesday goes on, cloud will begin to increase from the southwest, with rain arriving into the southwest at around nightfall.

Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees in mostly light breezes, but with southeasterly winds starting to freshen later in western and southwestern coastal parts.

It will become milder though from the southwest through the night, as outbreaks of rain gradually extends north-eastwards across the country along with freshening south east winds.

Nationally, we can expect to see a transition from cold, mainly dry weather from the early days of the week to a milder Atlantic pattern later in the week, with low pressure dominating and bringing spells of wet and windy weather at times.

Met Éireann says Wednesday will be a cloudy, rather windy day, with outbreaks of rain which will become heavy at times, with the likelihood of some spot flooding.

Milder though than recently with highest temperatures generally of 7 to 11 degrees.

Wednesday night will be mild and rather windy for a time too with further outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, with a chance of spot flooding.

It'll become drier from the southwest through the night, with the fresh to strong and gusty southeast winds moderating later. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees.

Thursday will see another spell of rain, which will spread across the country from the southwest, with some heavy falls and the ongoing chance of spot flooding.

Bright or sunny spells and showers, some heavy, will follow later to most parts. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southeast winds.

Heavy rain will continue to clear from the north on Thursday night, otherwise there’ll be a mix of clear spells and showers, some heavy especially in parts of the south and southwest.

Lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty southeast winds, veering south to southwesterly.

An area of low pressure will close to over Ireland on Friday, so it will be breezy or windy with showers or longer spells of rain. Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees.

At this stage, it looks like Friday night will bring a good lot of dry weather with clear spells and well scattered showers. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees.

It looks like the weekend will bring further spells of wet and breezy or windy weather with temperatures around average for the time of year.