Limerick Weather for St Stephen's Day

ST STEPHEN'S Day will be a cold and brighter day with sunny spells and scattered showers, most frequent in western and northern coastal counties.

The showers early in the day may fall as sleet in some parts, or even snow at times on higher ground although they will tend to transition back to rain as the day progresses. Highest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees.

While temperatures will drop back close to freezing once again on Monday night, it will quickly warm up as cloud and rain spreads from the west becoming widespread by morning.

Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees, coolest in the east early, but temperatures will rise considerably after midnight.

NATIONAL OUTLOOK

It will be a wet start across the country on Tuesday in moderate to fresh southwest winds. The rain will clear southeastwards through the afternoon, followed by prolonged sunny spells and isolated showers.

Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees with winds veering westerly and moderating later in the day.

Current indications suggest that after a cool clear start to Tuesday night, it will turn wet and windy after midnight. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 8 degrees, coolest in the north early in the night with light variable winds, increasing fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds later in the night.

There will be a wet and windy to start to Wednesday morning, in fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds, with gales on the coast.

The rain will clear to blustery showers through the morning and the winds will veer westerly but remaining quite blustery. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees