Bank Holiday barbecues may be off the menu after Met Eireann predicted a partial washout.
Met Eireann predict temperatures will be cooler and it will be colder than usual for this time of the year.
Rain, hail, sub-zero temperatures and even thunderstorms are in store.
Hopes of seeing off the long weekend with an al-fresco pint have been dashed by forecasts of rain which is expected to only worsen by next week.
Showers will become more frequent during the afternoon and some will be heavy with hail.
The national forecaster is expecting unseasonably wet and windy weather later in the Bank Holiday weekend.
The mercury is set to hit -2 degrees celcius tonight.
Met Eireanns Siobhan Ryan said it will be a mix of dry and wet conditions for today and tomorrow.
She added: Temperatures will be a bit disappointing given the time of year, around 9C to 12C.
Thats for Saturday and Sunday but at least the winds should be light.
30/04/2021 Grafton Street in Dublins city centre. (Image: Collins Photo Agency)
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Even though there should be a fair amount of dry weather generally speaking for both of those days, again [there could be] a few well scattered slow moving showers with the risk of hail and isolated thunderstorms.
Temperatures dipped as low as -2C on Friday night as the country was gripped by a bitterly cold spell.
A touch of frost and mist patches were expected this morning.
Ms Ryan said: Any mist or frost will quickly clear on Saturday morning. A similar day to recent ones with sunshine and scattered slow moving, possibly thundery, showers.
Highest temperatures will once again range from a relatively cool 9C to 12C, in just light, variable, mainly northerly breezes.
Tonight will be mostly dry and clear with just some passing cloud.
23/02/2021, Members of the public brave the weather in Dublins city centre. (Image: Collins Photo Agency)
Lowest temperatures of -1C to 3C in light northerly or variable breezes with a patchy frost and mist in places.
Sunday and Monday will be much the same with cool nights and unsettled daytime conditions.
The forecaster added: Hazy sunshine in the morning, however cloud will increase through the day.
Some patchy drizzle may develop, especially over higher ground in Ulster.
A person walks a dog at Sandymount Strand in Dublin. (Image: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/PA Images)
Highest temperatures again of 9C to 13C in light westerly or variable breezes falling calm at times. Rain will spread from the west early on Sunday night extending to all areas as winds back southerly and increase moderate to fresh and gusty, turning strong to near gale along exposed coasts. Lowest temperatures of 1C to 6C, coldest in Ulster.
Bank Holiday Monday will be a wet and blustery start with widespread rain and fresh to strong south-westerly winds reaching near gale force along southern coasts.
The rain will clear to showers from the west during the afternoon and evening as strong and gusty winds veer to the north-west with gales for a time along western coasts.
Highest temperatures of 9C to 12C but possibly cooler over Ulster.
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Met Eireann expect temperautres to be cooler and it will be colder than usual for this time of the year
