Have the hot water bottle handy!
Image vis Don't pack away the woolly pyjamas just yet.
We're set for very cold weather later this week with temperatures dropping to as low as -4°C.
Met Éireann predict some cold and frosty conditions on Wednesday night with some falls of sleet and snow on higher grounds. There's likely to be more snow showers on Thursday afternoon and it'll be coldest on Thursday night, with lows of between -2°C and -4°C.
Here's the full forecast for the rest of the week:
Wednesday
There'll be sunny spells tomorrow, with scattered showers over Connacht and Ulster. Those showers will get heavy as the day progresses with the chance of isolated thunderstorms and hail. Wednesday night will be cold and frosty but it will be mainly dry and clear apart from the odd shower with some sleet and snow near mountains and hills. Lows of minus one to four degrees.
Thursday
Expect further scattered showers on west and north coasts on Thursday but mainly dry and sunny weather elsewhere. Showers will become more widespread through the afternoon, continuing to fall as sleet and snow in places. There'll be clear skies on Thursday night as showers become isolated and mostly confined to northern coasts. Lows of minus 2 to minus 4 degrees with widespread frost and some icy patches.
Friday
A cold, bright and dry start to Friday with icy stretches on untreated surfaces. There will be good sunshine early in the day. However, the cloud will increase during the afternoon with patchy outbreaks of rain along the west coasts by evening. Rain will move eastwards over the country with strong winds on Friday night, falling as sleet and snow for a time initially.
