Sunshine set to break through around Kildare after misty start to morning

After a rather dull and misty start to the morning, the weather is set to pick up substantially throughout the day as glimpses of sunshine will break through at numerous stages.

Today will begin cloudy and misty, with further patches of rain, drizzle and fog, but becoming drier and brighter away from the southwest coast by noon, with a little sunshine in places. But the drizzle and rain will push back across Munster later in the afternoon and into south Connacht in the evening. Top temperatures 16-19 degrees, in moderate variable breezes.

Tonight will be cloudy and misty, with rain fairly widespread, persistent and locally heavy. Some hill and coastal fog also, but some dry clear spells early on over Leinster. Winds moderate and cyclonic variable in direction. Lowest temperatures 6-10 degrees, coolest over Ulster.