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Met Éireann is predicting the perfect weather for a winter stroll this week, with a cold and crisp start once the frost and fog clear on Monday morning.

Temperatures will stay between 3 and 5 degrees on Monday and it will be mainly dry, apart from an ongoing risk of showers on coasts.

“A moderate, occasionally fresh northwest to north wind will develop and temperatures will be between minus 2 and plus 2 degrees, the higher temperatures in the north of the country where cloud will build.” said a forecaster.

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“Tuesday will see rain affecting Ulster, the rest of the country will be largely dry. Moderate to fresh northwest winds with temperatures of 6 or 7 degrees in the afternoon, falling to between minus 2 and plus 2 degrees on Tuesday night.”

There’ll be little change to the start of Wednesday although it will turn rather cloudy, with forecasters predicting “another cold day with light variable winds and mostly dry apart from showers near coasts” and rain developing in the southwest and west during the afternoon, becoming widespread through the late afternoon and early evening and heavy at times.