Clare Weather: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

TODAY: Another cold and frosty start to the day with some ice in places.

Largely cloudy through the day with outbreaks of rain and sleet in southern areas with some snow on hills.

Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in moderate easterly winds, continuing fresher in the southwest.

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NATIONAL OUTLOOK

TONIGHT: Rain, sleet and snow from the southwest will become countrywide with parts of Ulster will staying dry. Lowest temperatures of minus 2 to plus 2 degrees, colder over Ulster with temperatures there as low as minus 4 degrees. Moderate to fresh easterly winds.

TOMORROW: Rain sleet and snow with accumulations possible over the northern half of the country. Temperatures struggling to get above freezing in the north, it'll be milder further south, with temperatures there of 6 to 10 degrees. Moderate to fresh easterly winds will back northeasterly later.

TOMORROW NIGHT: Sleet and snow will become confined to the north and east later in the night with largely dry conditions developing elsewhere. Lowest temperatures of minus 2 to plus 1 degrees generally, colder in the northwest, with northerly winds easing light to moderate.

FRIDAY: Rain, sleet and snow in the south at times with mainly dry weather elsewhere with just isolated showers. Highest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees in mostly light northeasterly winds. Becoming mostly dry for the evening.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly dry to start the night before rain, sleet and snow extends over much of the country. Lowest temperatures of minus 3 to plus 1 degrees generally, colder in the north where it will be driest.

SATURDAY: A wet day with widespread outbreaks of sleet and snow gradually transitioning to rain as temperatures increase through the afternoon, reaching 6 or 7 degrees in the north in the late afternoon and 12 or 13 degrees in the south.