Donegal set for frost and icy patches tonight with temperatures below freezing

Cold, dry and mostly sunny today, Friday, with any lingering overnight rain and drizzle soon clearing this morning in Donegal.

Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees. Very cold tonight, with widespread frost and icy patches. It'll be a mainly dry night, apart the odd wintry shower. While it will be mostly clear for a time, high cloud will start to build in from the Atlantic overnight. Lowest temperatures of 0 to -2 degrees in light variable breezes.

Cold, dry and bright to begin tomorrow, Saturday, with widespread frost and icy patches. Cloud will thicken from the west through the day with rain spreading northeastwards through the late afternoon and evening turning heavy in parts and possibly falling as sleet or wet snow for a time, before transitioning back to rain later.

Afternoon highs of just 2 to 5 degrees generally but turning milder from the southwest after dark. Winds will be mostly light southerly to begin, but it will turn windy as the rain arrives with fresh to strong and gusty southeasterly winds developing.