WEATHER: Frost expected this morning (Mar 7) with icy stretches and some lying snow

Frosty weather is expected this morning (March 7) with icy stretches and some lying snow in parts. 

That's according to Met Éireann, which also forecasts rain, sleet and snow in the southwest clearing early in the morning to leave a cold, mostly sunny and dry day with lingering cloud. 

Scattered wintry showers will affect the north and northwest with highest temperatures of just 3 to 6 degrees. 

Light to moderate northerly winds will veer easterly in the afternoon and freshen in the southwest.

Tonight will be very cold and frosty. 

Dry for most with cloud in the south gradually building up over Munster and south Leinster with a few patches of rain, sleet and snow moving into the far southwest. 

Lowest temperatures of -4 to 0 degrees, falling as low as -5 or -6 degrees in Ulster and the northwest. 

Light to moderate northeast to east winds, fresher in the southwest.