Met Eireann have forecast good wintry sunshine before a very cold Christmas Eve night.
There'll be a few passing showers in Connacht and Ulster with many parts of the country remaining dry.
Temperatures will drop quickly to -3 after dark this evening with widespread frost and some icy patches forming under mostly clear skies.
Frost and ice will clear during Christmas morning to leave the bulk of the country dry with a mix of cloud and sunny spells, the best of these in the east and south of the country.
However, there will be a few patches of light rain about, mainly across Connacht and west Ulster.
By Christmas Evening, persistent rain will move in from the Atlantic to affect northwestern counties.
Friday night (Christmas night) will be breezy overnight with scattered outbreaks of rain spreading southwards over the country.
Saturday (St. Stephen's Day) will be increasingly windy with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle.
Heavy rain will develop in northern counties by afternoon, extending nationwide during the afternoon and evening bringing a risk of localised flooding.
On Saturday night, heavy rain will clear southwards and it will turn much colder.
Sunday will be a cold and blustery day with bright spells and scattered showers, some wintry in nature.
Showers will become fairly widespread during the night, turning wintry in places as strong to gale force northwest winds develop.
It will be cold and windy on Monday with widespread showers, possibly wintry on high ground with a risk of hail.
It will stay cold and blustery overnight with a mix of clear spells and scattered showers.
Another cold and blustery day is forecast for Tuesday with a mix of bright spells and showers, some possibly wintry but generally of rain or hail.
