A dull but dry Wednesday in store for Donegal today

Another dull day overall for Donegal today, Wednesday, although dry with the chance of the odd bright spell.

Highest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees with mostly moderate east to southeast breezes, fresher near Atlantic coasts, Met Éireann say.

Cloudy tonight with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the west and southwest edging a little further eastward. Patches of mist and hill fog will occur too. Lowest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees generally, though less cold in the southwest, in a mostly moderate southeast wind, fresher at times in Atlantic coastal areas.

Mostly cloudy again tomorrow, Thursday, but many places dry to begin, apart from patchy rain and drizzle in Connacht and Munster. It'll become breezier and windier as the day goes on, with more persistent rain spreading from the southwest in the afternoon.

Much of the north and east will stay largely dry until after dark though. Highest temperatures 4 to 7 degrees generally, but a few degrees milder in the southwest. Moderate to fresh and gusty southeasterly winds will develop countrywide by the afternoon, increasing strong to near gale in coastal parts of the southwest and west.