Clare weather - Tuesday, January 17, 2023
TODAY will be another cold day in Clare with sunny spells and frost and ice lingering in many areas.
It will be mostly dry in the morning, but scattered wintry showers will develop in the afternoon, turning increasingly to sleet or snow later.
Highest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees with light west to northwesterly winds gradually freshening.
National Outlook
Overview: Cold with wintry showers and with severe frosts and ice. Becoming milder from Thursday onwards with spells of rain at times.
Tonight will be cold with showers of sleet and snow. A sharp to severe frost with icy stretches and some freezing fog patches too. Lowest temperatures of -4 to 0 degrees.
Wednesday: Sunny spells with scattered wintry showers, mainly in the west and north. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with moderate to fresh northwest winds. Wednesday night will be very cold with a widespread severe frost and icy stretches, Lowest temperatures of -5 to -2 degrees.
Thursday will continue very cold with frost and ice lingering in some areas for much of the day. Cloudier conditions will develop in the west and southwest with outbreaks of rain and sleet developing at times.
Highest afternoon temperatures of 1 to 6 degrees, coldest in Ulster. On Thursday night, rain will spread eastwards across Ireland, falling as sleet or snow in places for a time. Temperatures will fall below zero in Ulster early in the night, but will gradually increase overnight.
Friday will be a much milder and mostly cloudy day with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees with moderate west to southwest breezes.
The outlook for next weekend is for mild, mostly cloudy and unsettled weather with spells of rain at times. Day time temperatures will range from about 9 to 12 degrees with moderate to fresh southwest winds. The nights will be frost-free.