Clare Weather: Thursday, March 9, 2023

VERY cold TODAY with outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow extending to all areas through the day.

This will lead to poor visibility and hazardous road conditions.

Sleet and snow will turn mainly to rain and sleet by the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees with moderate to fresh easterly winds.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK

TONIGHT will be cold with falls of sleet and snow in many areas. The sleet and snow will continue overnight over the eastern half of the country. It will become drier further west with frost and ice developing. Lowest temperatures of -4 to 0 degrees coldest in the northwest, with northerly winds easing light to moderate.

TOMORROW rain, sleet and snow in the east will clear to give a cold, mainly dry day with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees in mostly light northeasterly breezes.

TOMORROW NIGHT will be cold with severe frost and icy conditions developing. It will start off dry. However, later in the night, rain, sleet and snow wil spread northeastwards over Munster and south Leinster. Lowest temperatures of minus 4 to plus 1 degrees generally, coldest in the north.

On SATURDAY, rain, sleet and snow will spread to all areas and will transition mainly to rain and sleet as milder air follows. But it may continue to fall as sleet and snow in Ulster, where temperatures will stay down at between 1 and 4 degrees. It will be milder to the south and west with temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees.

On SATURDAY NIGHT, rain, sleet and snow will gradually clear to the northeast. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees.