Ireland continues to be battered from every direction with snow, sleet, and rain - depending on where you are.
An expert confirmed that this brutal weather would continue overnight, throwing up ‘blizzard-type’ conditions and the associated dangers.
Three warnings are in place today, all expiring later this evening as we head into a milder weekend.
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Leinster is under a status orange snow and ice warning as Met Eireann warns of “wpells of sleet and snow overnight combined with strong northerly winds. Significant accumulations of snow are expected in some areas by morning along with icy conditions”.
The possible impacts expected as a result of this are:
- Very hazardous road conditions
- Travel disruption
- Poor Visibility
This warning is currently active and will expire at 10:00 am today.
There is then a status yellow ice warning in place for the whole of Ireland due to “Cold weather this morning with a widespread frost and icy surfaces in places, leading to hazardous travel conditions”.
This is also currently active and will remain in place until 12:00 pm today.
As for the rest of this week, here is what Met Eireann says:
Today
Icy in places this morning with rain, sleet and snow in the east to start quickly clearing into the Irish Sea, leaving a cold and generally dry day with sunny spells.
It will be cloudier in the southwest with isolated showers and some showers of rain and sleet are possible on northern coasts. Daytime temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in a light variable breeze.
Tonight will start dry with clear spells for many. However, cloud will gradually thicken from the southwest, with rain pushing into Munster, west Connacht and south Leinster.
The rain will fall as a mix of sleet and snow in places. Lowest temperatures of -5 to 0 degrees, colder locally in the northeast where skies remain clear the longest. Generally light to moderate southeasterly winds.
Saturday
Tomorrow morning, rain, sleet and snow will spread northeastwards to all areas, with some small accumulations possible in parts of Connacht, Ulster and Leinster. Rain will clear to scattered showers in the west and southwest through the afternoon and evening.
Cold in Ulster, Connacht and Leinster with afternoon highs of 1 to 5 degrees. Gradually turning milder in the southwest once the rain clears with highs there of 9 to 11 degrees. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds.
Any remaining rain and sleet will clear to the northeast early in the night. Drier weather will follow from the southwest with clear spells developing.
Lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees will occur early in the night with temperatures gradually rising to between 4 and 8 degrees overnight. Moderate westerly winds will be fresh to strong on western coasts.
Sunday
After a largely dry start to the day, it will turn wet and windy on Sunday. Rain will spread from the west through the morning and afternoon, with the possibility of some heavier falls later in the evening.
A much milder day with highest daytime temperatures of 7 degrees in the north to 11 degrees in the south, in moderate to fresh southerly winds, strong along southern coasts.
A windy night with widespread showers, some of which may be heavy. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees in fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, strong at times in coastal areas.
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