Wednesday's weather forecast for Louth

Wednesday will be a cold, dry and mostly sunny day with highs of just 3 or 4 degrees, in light northwesterly or variable winds.

Very cold with widespread frost expected, along with some wintry showers and icy stretches on roads.

Most areas will remain dry.

On Wednesday night there will be a widespread sharp frost with lows of -3 to +1 degrees with ice on untreated surfaces.

Wintry showers will move southwards over the northern half of the country overnight and temperatures will rise marginally with falls of rain, sleet and snow, in some areas, that may lead to some very icy conditions.