More snow on the way this weekend – Here’s when it will arrive as temperatures set to drop again

If you’d thought you’d seen the last of the snow for this winter you were very much mistaken because Met Éireann is forecasting another helping of the white stuff for this coming weekend.

After a cold weekend last week, thing have gotten a little bit milder over the past few days. However, temperatures are set to drop again from Friday night, which could see a low of one degree before it gets colder again over the weekend.

Saturday will see some sleet in the north and west and persistent rain in the south before Sunday sees falls of sleet and snow and lowest temperatures of zero.

Below you’ll see what the weather has in store for Saturday and Sunday and a more detailed outlook can be found here.

Saturday: A wet start to the day with outbreaks of rain over much of the country, with some falls of sleet in the north and east, but more persistent rain in the south. Rain will become mostly confined to the south through the afternoon where it will be mildest with highest temperatures of 6 to 8 degrees. Drier and cooler further north with highs of 2 to 5 degrees in easing easterly winds.

Saturday night: A largely dry and clear night but cloud will push in from the Atlantic later. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +2 degrees with a widespread frost developing along with mist and fog patches in light to moderate easterly winds.

Sunday: Rain will once again move in from the southwest in the morning, extending northeastwards over the country through the afternoon and evening, preceded at times by sleet with snow on high ground. Colder over the northeastern half of the country with highest temperatures of just 1 to 3 degrees, warmer elsewhere with highs of 4 to 7 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty easterly winds. Rain will become patchier through the evening and night with falls of sleet or snow in the northwest. Lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees, coldest in the north in light to moderate easterly breezes.

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