Met Éireann issues fog warning for 11 counties

Eva Osborne

Met Éireann has issued a status yellow fog warning for 11 counties.

Cavan, Monaghan, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, and Wicklow will be under the fog warning from 5am on Saturday until 10am.

Dense fog will be present in these counties, causing poor visibility and difficult driving conditions.

Cooler conditions are set to stay through Friday night, with temperatures reaching 1°C and even lower in some parts.

Met Éireann said some frost is possible, as mist and fog begin to develop overnight.

There will be a largely dry start to Saturday, with areas of fog slowly clearing to sunny spells and scattered showers.

It will turn cloudier through the day, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle developing in the south and west.

Overall, Saturday will be a milder day, with highest temperatures of 7°C to 11°C in light to moderate southwesterly winds.

Sunday will be a wet and rather windy day, with rain continuing in most places, and fresh to strong and gusty westerly winds.

It will be drier in Munster, Met Éireann said, with showers and sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 6°C to 10°C.

Rain will gradually sink southwards on Sunday night, with showers and clear spells following by morning.

Lowest temperatures of 3°C to 6°C with northwest winds decreasing light to moderate.