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The Irish weather forecast for the St Patrick's Day weekend is in...
Saturday: Cold and mostly sunny to begin on Saturday with any frost, mist and fog patches soon clearing.
It will turn a little cloudier into the afternoon with isolated light showers developing.
Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in a mainly light northeast or variable breeze, moderate at times near southern and southeastern coasts.
Overview: Lots of dry and settled weather at first but turning more changeable by mid-week.
Saturday night: It will be generally dry overnight with a mix of clear spells and cloud. Where skies clear, there is the chance of some frost developing. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +4 degrees in light northerly or variable winds.
Sunday: It will be another mostly dry day on Sunday with a mix of cloud and spells of sunshine. The best of the sunshine is likely in the east and northeast of the country.
Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in light northeast to east winds. Staying mainly dry on Sunday night with variable amounts of cloud.
A few light showers may drift on to some eastern and southern coasts. Lowest temperatures of between zero and +4 degrees generally but less cold on eastern and southern coasts.
Monday (St Patrick's Day): There'll be a few light showers around on Monday but it will remain dry in most areas. More in the way of cloud than in preceding days with only occasional sunny spells.
Highest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees but feeling a little colder in a rather brisk easterly wind.
Largely dry on Monday night apart from the chance of a few showers near the south coast. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees in moderate to fresh east or southeast winds.
Tuesday: A breezy day on Tuesday but with good spells of sunshine expected.
Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees in fresh east to southeast winds.