What has the weather in store for Leitrim and surrounding areas this weekend?

SATURDAY: Saturday will be a mostly cloudy, breezy day and it will be mainly dry to begin in most places. Rain and drizzle will push down from the northwest over much of the rest of Ulster and Connacht too through the morning, extending further southwards through the afternoon and evening, though parts of south Leinster and south Munster will hold dry. The rain will be heavy at times in Ulster and parts of Connacht. Becoming milder with highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees in mostly fresh and gusty southwest to west winds, stronger in northwestern and western coastal parts.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy on Saturday night; with outbreaks of rain in many parts, with some heavier bursts at times. Continuing breezy in moderate to fresh southwest winds. Lowest temperatures of 4 degrees in the north to 8 degrees in the south.

SUNDAY: Continuing mostly cloudy on Sunday with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, most persistent and widespread early in the day, with good dry spells developing later. Highest temperatures of 7 to 11 degrees generally, a little cooler across Ulster. Moderate to fresh and occasionally gusty westerly winds, stronger in western coastal parts.