Clare Weather - Sunday, December 03, 2023

Another cold day TODAY with frost, ice and fog for many, slow to clear through the morning and lingering in some sheltered areas into the afternoon.

A mainly dry day, away from the south coast which may have some outbreaks of light rain.

Highest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees in mostly light northeast winds, increasing moderate later.

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NATIONAL OUTLOOK 

OVERVIEW: Very cold with frost, ice and some wintry precipitation at first. Turning milder from midweek with wet and breezy weather.

TONIGHT: Any linger rain in the southeast will clear to leave a very cold night but predominately dry with just isolated wintry showers, most likely along eastern and northern fringes. Patches of fog or freezing fog will form again through the night. Lowest temperatures of -3 to 0 degrees with light to moderate northwesterly winds developing, fresher for southern and eastern counties.

TOMORROW: Fog, frost and ice will clear through the morning to leave a cold day with spells of winter sunshine. Dry for most with wintry showers mainly affecting northern and Atlantic counties. Highest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees in moderate northwesterly winds, fresher in the south and east.

TOMORROW NIGHT: Another very cold and mostly dry night with sharp to severe frosts developing. Lowest temperatures of -4 to 0 degrees in light to moderate northwesterly breezes allowing fog to develop again.

TUESDAY: A cold and frosty or icy start with plenty of winter sunshine. Cloud will slowly build from the southwest through the day. Highest afternoon temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees. Mostly light variable breezes at first will gradually increase moderate southeasterly.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Dry for most at first and coldest early on with fog developing in the north and east and lowest temperatures there of around -3 degrees. Milder in the southwest with lowest temperatures early on of +4 degrees. Milder air along with outbreaks of rain, with some initial falls of sleet, and freshening southeasterly winds will extend from the southwest through the night.

WEDNESDAY: A much milder day. Wet and breezy with fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds. Rain will turn heavier and more persistent through the day with some localised flooding possible. Highest daytime temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees. Overnight it will turn milder while staying wet.

FURTHER OUTLOOK: Current indications suggest that the rest of the week will continue unsettled with further spells of wet and breezy or windy weather. Temperatures around or slightly above the average for the time of year.