Limerick weather: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

A WINDY day can be expected on Wednesday with early rain clearing to bright spells and widespread squally showers.

Turning very windy later in the day with maximum temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in strong southwest winds.

It will be cold and windy on Wednesday night with clear spells and showers, some of the showers turning wintry on northern hills. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in strong southwest winds.

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NATIONAL OUTLOOK

Windy on Thursday with bright spells and widespread showers. Showers most frequent in the west with hail and thunder. Some wintry falls on mountains. Maximum temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in strong and gusty southwest winds.

Clear spells and showers on Thursday night, again with potential for some hail or sleet on the hills. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds. Some frost or ice is possible.

A cold day on Friday with sunny spells and showers, some of the showers will be wintry, mainly over high ground. Maximum temperatures generally ranging from 4 to 7 degrees in a moderate southwest breeze.

Very cold on Friday night with clear spells and isolated showers, some wintry. Frost and ice is likely. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +3 degrees.

A cold and frosty start on Saturday morning with isolated showers of rain or hail. It will then be a mostly dry day with spells of sunshine.

Highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees. Cold and frosty at first on Saturday night but rain is expected to spread from the Atlantic overnight.

*Information from Met Éireann.