Weather warning in effect at the moment, but it should remain generally dry today

A Status Yellow cold weather warning is currently in effect at the moment, and will be until 11am, but it should be a relatively nice day around Kildare despite a bit of a chill in the air.

A Status Yellow weather warning is also in effect from 7am tomorrow morning as gusts of up to 100kmh are expected throughout the afternoon.

This morning will be cold with frost and fog in many areas. These will clear slowly to give a bright day with sunny spells. Mainly dry in the eastern half of the country. Some scattered showers further west. Highest temperatures of 5-8 degrees with mostly light westerly breezes, but fresher on southwest coasts.

Much of tonight will be dry with clear spells. Frost will develop early in the night as temperatures fall to between -2 and +2 degrees. After midnight, rain will develop in the southwest and will spread across Munster and Connacht overnight along with strengthening south to southeast winds.