Donegal set for a chilly Thursday as temperatures could drop to -5 tonight

Frost will clear this morning to leave a cold day but it'll be dry and sunny in many areas, Met Éireann says. 

There'll be scattered showers though, some hail and sleet and a few snow flurries too. Highest temperatures of only 2 to 6 degrees in a light to moderate mainly north to northwest breeze.

Cold tonight with clear spells with a lot of dry weather, but there'll be well scattered showers, some wintry. Lowest temperatures of -5 to 0 degrees with widespread frost and some ice developing. Winds will be mostly light west to northwesterly or variable but will be fresher in northern coastal parts.

The frost and ice will generally clear tomorrow morning to leave another cold day with some bright or sunny spells. However there'll be scattered showers too, a few wintry, and with more persistent rain for a time in northern parts. Highest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees in mostly light to moderate westerly or variable breezes, the winds fresher for a time in coastal parts of the north and northeast.