Clare Weather: Tuesday, March 14, 2023

TODAY will be a cold and rather breezy day with sunny spells and showers, as well as some icy patches in the morning.

The showers will be most frequent in the morning and afternoon and some of these will be wintry with the chance of hail and thunder.

Highest temperatures of just 5 to 8 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty northwesterly winds.

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NATIONAL OUTLOOK

TONIGHT: Cold on tonight with widespread frost along with some icy stretches. Wintry showers will die out to leave most of the country dry for a time. Lowest temperatures of -4 to zero degrees. Later in the night, rain will develop in the southwest, spreading northwards over the country during Wednesday morning, preceded by sleet or snow for a time in the north.

TOMORROW: will be a wet day with outbreaks of rain, heavy in places, especially in Munster and Connacht. Some falls of sleet or snow are possible for a time across the northern half of the country. Maximum afternoon temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees in the north, but ranging 7 to 12 degrees further south, in fresh to strong and gusty south to southeast winds. Mild and breezy on Wednesday night with outbreaks of rain. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in fresh southwest winds.

THURSDAY: A mild and breezy day is expected on Thursday with sunny spells and showers, some heavy and prolonged. Maximum temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees in fresh southwest winds. Scattered outbreaks of rain across the country on Thursday night. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in moderate southerly winds.

FRIDAY (ST PATRICK'S DAY): Current indications suggest it will be a showery day on St. Patrick's Day. There will be a mix of sunny spells and showers, some of the showers possibly heavy and prolonged. Highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees in moderate to fresh southerly winds. A mix of clear spells and showers on Friday night. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees.