WEATHER: Misty this morning (March 20) in Carlow with more rain on the way

Today will be cloudy and misty with hill and coastal fog and heavier rain on the way on Monday evening.

This morning there will be rain in Ulster and Connacht and patches of light rain or drizzle elsewhere, according to Met Éireann.

Rainfall in Carlow will be heaviest at 4 pm and there will be heavier showers through to 10 pm tonight. 

The rain in Ulster and Connacht will clear northeastwards later this morning but more rain will move in across the country from the west during the afternoon and evening, with occasional heavy falls. Mild with highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees, in a moderate to fresh southerly breeze.

Highest temperatures in Carlow will reach 13C in the afternoon. 

Early tonight there will be rain in the north and east and scattered showers elsewhere, some heavy. The rain will clear northwards overnight but the showers will continue countrywide and may develop into longer spells of rain at times in the south and east.

Lowest temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees are forecast with moderate to fresh south to southwest winds.

Tomorrow will start with scattered showers and some sunny intervals. Rain will move into the west during the morning and will spread across the rest of the country, with some heavy falls in the south and west during the afternoon and evening.

Becoming quite windy later in the day as moderate south to southwest winds increase fresh to strong and gusty. Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees.