Time to bundle up as freezing wintry conditions are set to hit Ireland with temperatures plunging to as low as 0 degrees.
It will be dry at first today with a mix of sunny spells and variable cloud.
But more cloud will develop during the afternoon followed by a band of showery rain spreading from the west.
The rain will ease in the evening with clear spells and isolated showers expected. Temperatures will be 11 degrees or 12 degrees.
Tonight will see a mix of clear spells and scattered showers which may merge into longer spells of rain in the west later in the night. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees in light to moderate southerly winds.
The rest of the week will turn unsettled and cold with "some heavy blustery showers bringing the risk of some wintry precipitation at times", according to a Met Eireann forecaster.
Here is the forecast for the rest of the week:
THURSDAY: "Sunny spells and heavy, blustery showers of rain or hail, mainly affecting the western half of the country during the morning but becoming widespread as the day goes on.
"Rain will then develop in the west later in the evening. Highest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty southwesterly winds.
THURSDAY NIGHT: "Rain in the west will move eastwards across the country early in the night, becoming heavy at times. Cooler conditions will follow the rain with scattered heavy showers of rain, hail or sleet following into the west later in the night.
"Lowest temperatures will fall to between 1 and 4 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty south to southwest winds.
FRIDAY: "Friday will be a cold and windy day with sunny spells and widespread heavy showers, most frequent in the west, some will turn wintry with a risk of hail and isolated thunderstorms.
"Afternoon temperatures of just 4 to 9 degrees, and feeling raw with the added wind chill brought about by the fresh and gusty westerly winds.
FRIDAY NIGHT: "Showers will ease in most areas early in the night with clear spells developing, however they will persist along western Atlantic coasts. A more prolonged spell of rain or sleet will affect the northwest later in the night.
"Westerly winds will be fresh and gusty at first but will ease through the night. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees.
SATURDAY: "Scattered showers and some hazy sunny spells the best of which will be in the southeast where it will stay mostly dry. The showers will be most frequent in the west and northwest.
"Southwesterly winds will be mostly moderate during the morning but it will freshen again through the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees.
SATURDAY NIGHT: "Windy with a band of rain moving eastwards across the country, becoming heavy at times. Lowest temperatures 3 to 7 degrees in fresh to strong and gusty south to southwest winds, with near gale to gale force winds along Atlantic coasts for a time.
SUNDAY: "A wet and breezy start, with rain clearing southeastwards, however it will remain mostly cloudy with patchy light rain or drizzle at times.
"It will turn more showery in the west and northwest as the day progresses. Highest afternoon temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees in moderate to fresh and blustery southwest winds.
Further outlook: "Becoming milder for a time early next week however there is a risk of some wet and very windy conditions at times."
