Temperatures set to drop to -3C tonight with the risk of frost and icy stretches
It will be dry for many areas across Ireland tonight and it will turn cold nationwide with widespread frost and icy stretches developing with some black ice also possible.
Temperatures overnight will range between -3C to 2C coldest in the midlands, west and north where the coldest temperatures will be by Thursday morning.
Across western and northwestern coastal counties of Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal there will be the risk of some isolated showers tonight which will increase the risk of icy stretches developing on roads with ground and air temperatures below 0C for many areas.
Thursday Thursday morning will start of cold with any frost and ice clearing but motorists will have to beware and on alert for icy stretches especially black ice which can be hard to spot so travel with care on all routes Thursday morning and never assume even when a road is gritted that the road is ice free as one shower can wash the grit from the treated surface and lead to ice forming.
Thursday will start of with bright and sunny spells with some showers across the coastal areas of the southwest, west and northwest some which could fall as hail.
On Thursday evening a band of rain will move in from the Atlantic with some rain across the western half of Ireland with the risk of some sleet in the mix to lower levels and snow over higher ground. As the rain spreads west to east across Ireland with will break up into showers across the north, midlands and east with the risk again overnight of some showers turning to sleet. Temperatures overnight will range between -2C to 1C with frost and ice later in the night and on Friday morning
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