What's the St Patrick's Day weather forecast for Ireland from Met Éireann?
Sometimes it can be dazzling on St Patrick's Day in Ireland on other occasions it can be drenching, the 2023 edition looks to be leaning towards a typically Irish day of weather.
Met Éireann says St Patrick's morning will be generally cloudy with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle. It says the rain will be followed by scattered showers and occasional sunny spells through the afternoon and evening.
It warns that some showers will be heavy, particularly in the west with isolated thunderstorms possible over Connacht. However, it will be drier in the east and northeast.
Thankfully, it won't be cold as the forecaster expects temperatures to go into mild double figures peaking at 14 degrees in a moderate south to southeast breeze.
As for the holiday weekend, Met Éireann expects the weather to be generally unsettled with rain and showers at times.
There'll also be no tornados like what was recorded in Meath in 1995 which caused a parade in Louth to be called off. Read more about the upcoming weather below tweet.
Friday night: Scattered showers early tonight will gradually die out, leaving a good deal of dry weather for a time. Outbreaks of rain will develop in the west and northwest towards morning. Patches of mist will develop in a light southerly breeze. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees.
Saturday: Starting off dry for many with a few bright intervals. Rain in the west will spread eastwards across the country, reaching the east coast by early afternoon. Sunny spells will develop as the rain clears into the Irish Sea by evening. Highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees in a light southerly breeze, increasing moderate to fresh northwesterly as rain clears.
Saturday night will be cold and dry with clear spells. Fresh northwest winds will ease and become light. Frost and some icy patches will develop. Some patches of mist also. Lowest temperatures of -1 to +2 degrees.
Sunday: It will start off dry with some sunny spells. Rain will develop in the west during the morning and spread eastwards to all areas through the afternoon. Highest temperatures 8 to 10 degrees moderate south to southeast breezes. On Sunday night, rain will continue and will be most persistent over the northern half of the country. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees with moderate southerly breezes.
Monday: Mostly cloudy with further spells of rain, which will clear to the northeast in the evening with showers following through the evening and night, especially over Connacht and Ulster with isolated thunderstorms possible. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees with moderate to fresh, south to southwest winds.
Tuesday: A fair amount of dry weather with some bright intervals and well scattered showers. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees with moderate southerly breezes. Rain will spread eastwards on Tuesday night.
Wednesday: Starting off wet with rain in most areas. The rain will clear with showers following. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees with moderate southerly breezes.
The rest of the week will continue unsettled with spells of rain or showers. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees.