Colder temperatures are forecast over the weekend and next week.

Wednesday night itself was windy an overcast, but dry.

The blustery weather continues in the morning, though the cloud cover will mostly lift through the morning, bringing clear skies. Morning temperatures are a fairly even 4-6 degrees Celsius. Southwesterlies of 5 to 12 meters per second, in gusts up to 17 meters per second are forecast.

From the afternoon, the wind will pick up further still and bring fresh cloud, and with it rain, particularly in the west and north.

Ambient temperatures during the day will be lower over the islands and in the west (6-8 degrees) than in the north, east and southeast (10-12 degrees).

The strong winds and rain continue into the evening, though will lift somewhat after midnight.

Overnight temperatures from Thursday to Friday are forecast at just +3-4 degrees.

On Friday daytime, the same stark difference in temperature is forecast for coastal areas (5-6 degrees), compared with values of 12-15 degrees inland, though conditions will be dry.

Saturday morning remains dry but the wet and windy conditions are set to return after noon. Heading into the new week, the average ambient temperatures will fall, to 8 degrees daytime Monday, and just +2 degrees the preceding night with scattered showers forecast.

Daytime temperatures averaging below 10 are forecast for next week generally.

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