Today
Breezy with a mix of bright spells and showers at first today, the showers most frequent over the northern half of the country, merging to longer spells of rain here with a risk of hail.
Cloud will thicken from the south this afternoon, and rain will spread up over much of Munster and south Leinster later today.
Highs of 8 to 11 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwest winds, decreasing light to moderate southeast to east later.
Tonight
Rain will spread northwards to most areas tonight, with some heavy falls developing for southern and eastern coastal counties, leading to spot flooding.
The rain could also turn wintry on northern hills.
Blustery easterly or variable winds for a time near southern and eastern coasts, will become light to moderate northwesterly everywhere by morning.
Lows of 1 to 4 degrees.
