It’s not quite spring yet.

Although today’s weak sunshine put us all in a better mood, Met Éireann is forecasting chilly conditions and wintery weather for the rest of the week.

“It will be windy tonight with blustery showers, some of these heavy and there will be wintry falls on hills.” revealed the national forecaster.

The showers are expected to ease gradually ease towards dawn with lowest temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees.

Widespread frost 

Tuesday will be mostly dry and bright but temperatures are expected to plummet tomorrow night when it will be “cold and mostly clear with a fairly widespread sharp or severe frost” and minimum temperatures of -2 to +1 degrees.

Wednesday and Thursday will be dry and cloudy with more frost during the night and highest daytime temperatures of between 9 and 11 degrees in moderate southerly winds. It looks like Friday will start out largely dry and it may stay dry until nightfall. However, rain is expected to move into the west later in the day or Friday night.

Forecasters are predicting an unsettled weekend of weather with wet and windy spells the possibility of very windy conditions on Sunday.