There will be sleet, snow and freezing conditions for some areas across Ireland on Thursday night before another big change to the weather within days.
A Status Yellow wind warning for Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo ended at 8pm with gusts set to ease nationwide overnight.
Met Eireann is forecasting temperatures as low as -2C with heavy showers of rain, hail and sleet continuing tonight with isolated thunderstorms possible.
There will be clear spells and scattered showers of rain or sleet with snow possible on high ground overnight.
Showers will mostly die out later and winds will ease, although it will be cold with lowest temperatures of -2 to 3 degrees with frost and icy patches
It comes as Ireland's weather is to change within days with milder albeit wetter conditions forecast.
Meteorologists expect next week to be unsettled as an airflow and frontal system move across the country.
A forecaster said for Friday until next Thursday: "This week will be generally unsettled. High pressure will be centred across continental Europe while low pressure will dominate to the northwest.
"This will place Ireland in a southwesterly airflow through the period, steering frontal systems across the country. As a result, it will be a wetter week than normal with above average rainfall in all areas.
"It will also be slightly milder than normal. With these unsettled conditions, there is a chance that rain or wind warnings will be warranted."
Before then, Friday morning will be cold and dry with sunny spells and any frost and ice will clear.
It will stay dry and bright in many areas, but cloud will increase in the west and northwest, bringing patches of drizzle. A milder day with afternoon temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees, and mostly light to moderate breezes.
A forecaster said: "Cloud and patchy drizzle in the west will gradually extend to other areas overnight. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees with moderate to fresh southerly winds developing.
"Mostly cloudy and breezy [on Saturday] with patchy drizzle in southern and western areas. Highest temperatures of 8 to 10 degrees with fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds.
"Rain will move eastwards across the country on Saturday night, followed by clear spells and scattered showers. Fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds will ease light to moderate and veer westerly with the clearance of the rain. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees, coldest in the west later in the night."
They continued: "The rain will clear from the northeast and east on Sunday morning, leaving dry and bright weather.
"However, cloud will build in from the west during the afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees with light to moderate westerly winds gradually backing southerly and increasing fresh to strong in the evening.
"Wet and windy as outbreaks of rain move eastwards across the country [on Sunday night], accompanied by fresh to strong southerly winds. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees.
"The rain may be slow to clear from the south and east on Monday, but it will become drier and sunnier elsewhere, with just a few showers in the northwest. Highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees with fresh to strong south to southwest winds in the morning, gradually easing through the day."
