Temperatures set to plummet as Met Eireann forecast sub-zero temperatures for Ireland this weekend

Temperatures look like they are set to plummet in the coming days as Met Eireann is forecasting sub-zero temperatures for Ireland this weekend. 

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, temperatures are set to drop below zero on Saturday night as some mist and fog patches will develop as the winds ease light and variable.

Sunday is also expected to be a cold day, with frost after dark before it turns slightly milder again on Monday.

Ahead of the weekend, Thursday will be mostly cloudy with a fair amount of dry weather and some patches of light rain or drizzle, mainly in the west and north. The best of any sunny intervals will be in the south Leinster and east Munster. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees with fresh west to southwest winds.

Occasional outbreaks of rain and drizzle will mainly affect the north and west on Thursday night. It will be a frost-free night with lowest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees in moderate west to southwest winds.

According to the latest Met Eireann forecast, it will be rather cloudy again on Friday with patches of light rain and drizzle, mainly in the west, with the sun breaking through occasionally further east. Highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.

After a dry start, a spell of rain is expected on Saturday, moving southeastwards across the country. It will introduce a colder northwesterly wind in its wake. Temperatures in the daytime of 9 or 10 degrees over Ulster and Connacht and 11 or 12 degrees for Munster and Leinster, will give way to sub-zero temperatures Saturday night