'Scattered wintry showers' today as Northern Ireland battles weather yellow warning for show and ice

The weather warning closes, according to the Met Office, at midday.

Meteorologsists say today will be ‘a cold day with sunny spells and scattered rain and sleet showers, falling as snow over higher ground, and occasionally to lower levels’.

There will be ‘fresh northerly winds’ and a maximum temperature 4 °C.

And tonight be ‘scattered sleet and snow showers will continue through the evening and overnight, often falling as rain near the coasts’

And there will be ‘fresh northerly winds’ with a minimum temperature -2 °C.

Tomorrow (Thursday) we will see ‘scattered showers, mainly falling as rain or sleet to lower levels, will become increasingly isolated through the day with increasing sunny spells’.

And it will be ‘largely dry by evening’ with ‘winds easing’ and a maximum temperature 5 °C.

There will be ‘cold dry start to Friday’ with ‘rain and hill snow spreading east later’.

The Met Office adds that it will be ‘less cold over the weekend with a mix of dry spells, some showers or longer spells of rain’.