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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Cormac O'Shea

Ireland weather: Met Eireann warn snow to hit parts of the country with -4C freezing change forecast

Parts of the country are set to be hit with sleet and possibly heavy snow today with a 14-hour warning for the north-west of the country.

Leitrim and Donegal will both be under status yellow snow/ice warning from 6am today until 8pm on Sunday night.

The warning states: "Wintry showers during Sunday with some accumulations possible. Risk of icy stretches on untreated surfaces."

Any other warnings will be reported here on the Irish Mirror throughout the day - but while the rest of the country has escaped alerts so far, there still could be more snow.

A Met Eireann forecaster said: "Sunday will be a very cold and blustery day with sunny spells and frequent showers, some heavy with the risk of hail, sleet or snow. 

"Heavy showers may merge into bands extending from the northwest during the evening. Highest afternoon temperatures of just 3 to 7 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds.

"A band of showers will move southeastwards over the country early on Sunday night, turning to sleet and snow in the north and east.

"This will be followed by largely dry and clear conditions overnight, although scattered wintry showers will persist in the northwest and west. Fresh to strong northwesterly winds, possibly becoming very strong in the southwest. Cold with lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees."

And it's set to get even colder in the week with -4C temperatures predicted on Tuesday night with further flurries of snow possible.

The mercury will stay below 0C each night for the first half of the week although that could all change as we get to the weekend.

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