There is increasing confidence that the current cold spell will last until Tuesday night. A nationwide yellow low temperature/ice warning in place from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon as widespread frost and icy stretches develop. A nationwide yellow fog warning is in place for the same period as dense fog and some patches of freezing fog develop, exacerbating the already hazardous conditions. The warnings will be monitored and reviewed/extended if necessary so keep in touch with the forecast.
Meteorologist Aoife Kealy explained the situation; “There’ll be scattered showers for Friday and the weekend. Most of those will fall as rain but there will still be some hail, sleet and snow at times. Then, on Sunday night a low pressure system will track past the south coast. That could bring some rain and drizzle to eastern and southern coastal counties with some sleet possible too. That system doesn’t look like it will move up over the country so this will allow the cold conditions to persist.”
Daytime temperatures in the coming days will often range from 1 to 5 degrees, with night time temperatures often falling to 0 to -4 degrees or below. As a result, there will be widespread frost and icy stretches, combined with areas of dense fog and freezing fog.
Aoife added, “Because it’ll be so cold, the frost and ice will linger in places right through the day. Areas of fog and freezing fog will be slow to clear from places during the day too. That’ll all combine to make for hazardous travel conditions, poor visibility and slippery conditions underfoot.”
Monday and Tuesday will be cold but dry for many. However, there will be a few showers at times in the east and southeast and once again, these may turn to hail and sleet with a chance of snow on high ground.
Aoife continued, “At the moment it looks like this cold spell will stay with us through Monday and most of Tuesday. After that, current indications point towards a low pressure system spreading from the Atlantic later on Tuesday and on Wednesday, bringing widespread rain and milder conditions. However, there is a chance that as that rain meets the cold air over us, some of it may fall as sleet or snow. But that’ll be short-lived as the milder air will quickly follow.”
For the most accurate and up to date forecast for your area, please visit www.met.ie.
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Cold spell continues this weekend and into early next week.
There is increasing confidence that the current cold spell will last until Tuesday night. A nationwide yellow low temperature/ice warning in place from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon as widespread frost and icy stretches develop. A nationwide yellow fog warning is in place for the same period as dense fog and some patches of freezing fog develop, exacerbating the already hazardous conditions. The warnings will be monitored and reviewed/extended if necessary so keep in touch with the forecast.
Meteorologist Aoife Kealy explained the situation; “There’ll be scattered showers for Friday and the weekend. Most of those will fall as rain but there will still be some hail, sleet and snow at times. Then, on Sunday night a low pressure system will track past the south coast. That could bring some rain and drizzle to eastern and southern coastal counties with some sleet possible too. That system doesn’t look like it will move up over the country so this will allow the cold conditions to persist.”
Daytime temperatures in the coming days will often range from 1 to 5 degrees, with night time temperatures often falling to 0 to -4 degrees or below. As a result, there will be widespread frost and icy stretches, combined with areas of dense fog and freezing fog.
Aoife added, “Because it’ll be so cold, the frost and ice will linger in places right through the day. Areas of fog and freezing fog will be slow to clear from places during the day too. That’ll all combine to make for hazardous travel conditions, poor visibility and slippery conditions underfoot.”
Monday and Tuesday will be cold but dry for many. However, there will be a few showers at times in the east and southeast and once again, these may turn to hail and sleet with a chance of snow on high ground.
Aoife continued, “At the moment it looks like this cold spell will stay with us through Monday and most of Tuesday. After that, current indications point towards a low pressure system spreading from the Atlantic later on Tuesday and on Wednesday, bringing widespread rain and milder conditions. However, there is a chance that as that rain meets the cold air over us, some of it may fall as sleet or snow. But that’ll be short-lived as the milder air will quickly follow.”
For the most accurate and up to date forecast for your area, please visit www.met.ie.
For advice on winter weather preparation, please visit www.winterready.ie.
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