Persistent rain in store for Co Kildare tonight with temperatures to stay mild

Patchy rain and drizzle will give way to persistent showers for Co Kildare tonight with temperatures to stay mild.

Lows of 3 to 6 degrees by morning. Fresh to strong southwest winds will veer westerly and moderate with the clearance.

Wednesday will be a cold day and the morning will be mainly dry and sunny. In the afternoon, heavy showers will develop, some with hail and thunder. Highest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly winds.

Headline: Changeable and colder than of late.

Showers will become confined to north and west coast on Wednesday night. There will be good clear spells and it will turn cold with lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees and a widespread frost and some icy stretches. Winds will be light to moderate northwest.

Thursday will be dry with sunny spells. It will stay cold with frost clearing only slowly in the morning. Afternoon temperatures not higher than 4 to 6 degrees in mostly light, variable breezes. Thursday night will start dry with a slight frost in the east. Rain will spread from the west later, with some sleet over the hills of Ulster and north Connacht. Minimum temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees.