A cool night ahead with scattered showers on the way for Kildare

Tonight will be cold with clear spells and scattered showers for Co Kildare.

The showers will be mainly in the north. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 4 degrees with fresh to strong and gusty west to northwest winds.

Tomorrow, Thursday will be a bright and breezy day with sunny spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees with fresh and gusty west to northwest winds. On Thursday night, winds will gradually ease and showers will mostly die out. It will become cold with clear spells and with a sharp frost and icy patches developing.

Friday will start off dry with some sunshine in the east. However, cloud and rain will develop in the west during the morning and will spread across the country, becoming heavy in places and falling as sleet on high ground in Ulster. Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees. The rain will clear through the evening and early night with moderate to fresh southerly winds veering westerly and freshening, becoming strong on west and north coasts. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees.

Saturday will be blustery or windy with a band of showery rain moving eastwards across the country, falling as sleet in places, especially on high ground in Ulster and Leinster. It will later with sunny spells and showers following. Highest temperatures of 5 to 10 degrees, but becoming very cold in the evening and night with showers turning wintry overnight and with frost developing in many areas.