Met Eireann’s latest forecast has pinpointed the arrival of snow across two days next week, with two regions in for the most showers.
Temperatures are due to drop below zero before returning to between 0 and 4 degrees - the perfect temperatures for snowfall.
According to Irish forecasters, Monday will bring mainly dry conditions to the north and northwest with sunny spells.
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It’ll be cloudier elsewhere with some scattered showers with highest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees in mainly light or moderate northeasterly breezes - fresher near western and southwestern coasts.
The general overview for the week ahead states that things will turn “much colder, especially from mid-week onwards, as the winds become northerly.
“Plenty of dry weather is expected, though there are likely to be wintry showers at times, especially in northern and northwestern parts. Frosty conditions will develop by night.”
Monday night will see some scattered showers continuing near the east and south coast but it will be mostly dry elsewhere with clear spells.
Lowest temperatures will drop to between -2 to 3 degrees and will be coldest in the north with a widespread frost setting in.
Tuesday will be dry in most areas with good sunny spells in many areas. Just a few isolated showers especially near the east coast where it may be somewhat cloudier.
It'll be very cold on Tuesday night with light northerly breezes and largely clear skies. Isolated showers may continue near the north and northwest coast. Widespread frost is expected as temperatures fall to between 0 and minus 4 degrees.
Good sunny spells are due on Wednesday, though it will remain chilly with afternoon temperatures reaching just 2 to 6 degrees.
It will “remain dry for most areas, however, scattered showers will affect northern and northwestern coastal areas and these will edge further inland over Ulster and Connacht during the evening and night, turning increasingly wintry with falls of snow likely, especially on higher ground,” Met Eireann states.
It’ll be bitterly cold overnight with temperatures below freezing countrywide leading to a widespread sharp to severe frost and icy stretches.
Thursday looks like another very cold day countrywide with sunny spells and scattered wintry showers of hail, sleet, and snow in places. Temperatures will be in the low single figures in a light northerly breeze.
“Current indications are that it will stay very cold through the remainder of the week and for next weekend too.”
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