CARLOW WEATHER: Frost expected this morning (Mar 7) with icy stretches

Frosty weather is expected this morning (March 7) with icy stretches and some lying snow in parts. 

That's according to Met Éireann, which also forecasts rain, sleet and snow in the southwest clearing away early in the morning to leave a cold, mostly sunny and dry day with lingering cloud. 

Highest temperatures of just 3 to 6 degrees, with light to moderate northerly winds veering easterly in the afternoon and freshening in the southwest.

Tonight will be very cold and frosty, dry for most with cloud in the south gradually building up over Munster and south Leinster with a few patches of rain, sleet and snow moving into the far southwest. 

Lowest temperatures of -4 to 0 degrees, falling as low as -5 or -6 degrees in Ulster and the northwest. 

Light to moderate northeast to east winds, fresher in the southwest.