The Thursday weather forecast for Leitrim and surrounding areas

Generally cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle this morning. A band of rain will push in from the Atlantic in the afternoon, turning heavy at times with squally southwest winds veering northwesterly as the rain extends eastwards. Temperatures in the afternoon will be around 11 to 12 degrees, but will drop sharply as the rain clears with clearer and drier conditions following in the evening.

TONIGHT

Rain will clear the southeast early in the night to dry, cold and clear conditions. Scattered showers of rain, hail or sleet, will move into the northwest and west. The showers will extend further inland later in the night but many parts of the south and east will stay dry. Some snow showers are possible on mountains in Ulster. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees in moderate westerly winds.