Spells of rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow across Kildare

More prolonged spells of rain than we have experienced recently are set to fall overnight, and there will be further patchy showers tomorrow.

A band of rain will sink southeastwards early tonight, followed by clear spells and scattered showers. However some of the showers will be heavy with the risk of hail and thunder, especially along northern and western coasts. Feeling cold with an added wind chill effect, owing to a moderate northwest breeze, which will be rather windy along Atlantic coasts. Lows of 2-5 degrees overnight.

Tomorrow will be a cold and rather windy day with a mix of bright sunshine and showers. The showers, some of them heavy with hail and a risk of thunder, will be most frequent in Connacht, Ulster and west Munster. Top temperatures will range just 7-10 degrees , but it will feel much colder than this in the moderate to fresh and gusty northwesterly winds, which will be strong to near gale for west and southwest coasts.