Met Eireann has issued a 16-hour weather alert for much of the country with snow on the cards as a major Arctic cold blast moves in.
The national forecaster's latest warning for ice will come effect at 6pm on Monday. The nationwide Status Yellow alert lasts until Tuesday and 10am and reads: “Hazardous conditions due to freezing temperatures including icy stretches on roads and paths.”
For the coming week, temperatures are set to nosedive below zero as freezing Arctic air sinks southwards. A forecaster said: “It will be very cold until at least Thursday with frost, ice and some possible wintry falls.”
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Temperatures as low as -4C are forecast, but freezing northerly winds could make it feel even colder. Met Eireann has not ruled out the possibility of weather warnings being extended.
According to the national forecaster, the first snowfall could hit on Monday night: “Wintry showers will move into north facing coasts later in the night, in a mostly light northerly airflow.”
On Tuesday it says: “Some well scattered sleet or snow showers will stream into the north and northwest but with a lot of dry weather elsewhere. A few wintry showers will continue near northern coasts overnight on Tuesday, while staying dry and clear elsewhere.”
Its forecast for Wednesday reads: “Cloud and wintry rain may feed into the southwest. Some uncertainty after-dark but widespread wintry outbreaks may continue to feed up from the southwest.”
Meanwhile, Independent forecaster Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather also warned that weather models are "messy" at the moment, with a risk of snow particularly on Wednesday. He wrote on Twitter this morning: "A cool and mainly dry but cloudy morning with the odd shower.
"Very messy weather model ensembles with uncertainty still beyond Wednesday. A risk of snow for a time Wednesday though so keep updated on the forecasts."
You can check exactly when snow will hit your area using Windy’s live tracker here. Snow is represented by white snowflakes appearing in the rain.
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