After days of speculation, Met Éireann has now issued an official advisory for the upcoming cold spell that will feature ‘severe frosts’ as well as ‘hazardous conditions on roads and paths.’
People in Ireland have been told that there is potential for ‘widespread snow’ over the coming days but it’s not expected to reach the levels of 2018’s Beast from the East, despite fears that it could.
However, Met Éireann has now moved to issue an official advisory for Ireland which states that ‘Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be very cold with temperatures in low single figures by day and with sharp or severe frosts and icy patches at night. Showers of sleet or snow at times in eastern counties from Sunday evening onwards. Hazardous conditions on roads and paths.’
The advisory will be valid from 6.03am on Sunday morning and will last until 6pm on Wednesday. A full outlook, courtesy of Met Éireann, can be read below:
SATURDAY NIGHT: Isolated showers near coasts, otherwise mostly dry under broken cloud. Some frost and possible ice with lowest temperatures of -1 to +3 degrees, in moderate easterly winds.
SUNDAY: Colder again on Sunday with highest temperatures of just 2 to 5 degrees, in a moderate to fresh easterly wind. Most areas will however stay fully dry albeit cloudy, but isolated showers may occur in the east and southwest, turning wintry on high ground in the east.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Very cold with a widespread frost and ice. Scattered wintry showers will move into the east with a dusting of snow possible. Lowest temperatures of -3 to +1 degrees in moderate easterly winds.
MONDAY: Scattered wintry showers will continue on Monday and Monday night, mainly affecting the east and along north coasts. Bitterly cold with daytime temperatures of 1 to 3 degrees and night-time lows of -3 to 0 degrees, in moderate to fresh east to northeast winds.
TUESDAY: Temperatures on Tuesday will be similar to Monday, but there will be an added wind-chill factor as easterly winds increase fresh and gusty. Wintry showers in the east and near northern coasts at first, but extending to other areas later.
TUESDAY NIGHT: A bitterly cold night with widespread frost and ice as temperatures fall to between -4 and 0 degrees. Most parts of the country will hold dry, with clear spells across the northern half of the country, where temperatures will be lowest. Some wintry showers will be possible in the east and north.
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