Met Eireann issued an updated warning for 26 counties as dangerous conditions progress

Eireann state compliant Yellow warning for 26 counties has been extended as dangerous foggy conditions arrive.

The alert is currently in effect for all of Ireland and will now remain in effect until 1pm Monday.

The national forecaster explained: “Our yellow fog warning status has been extended until 1:00 PM on Monday.

“Be careful when traveling due to decreased visibility and risks associated with icy fog.”

Driving in fog can be very dangerous and anyone on the road is advised to take precautions.

AA Engine Experts offer the following tips for driving in foggy conditions:

• Use your low beams at all times, in addition to your windshield wipers and fog.
• Familiarize yourself with the front and rear fog lights. Know how to turn them on and off and use them only when appropriate.
• Beware of other drivers not using headlights.
• Only drive as fast as conditions allow and keep a greater distance between yourself and the car ahead. Following someone’s taillights can give a false sense of security and is dangerous.
• If the road has street lights on, you probably don’t need to use your fog lights.
• Be able to stop within your range of visibility. This is particularly important on highways and expressways, where you will be traveling at high speed.

And meteorological experts predict a very cold night tonight with lows of -1 ° C.

A forecaster from Met Eireann said: “This largely dry night with erratic rains sometimes in the southwest and isolated showers in Leinster. Dense, widespread fog with patches of icy fog will develop as well. will develop as temperatures drop between … 3 to +1 degrees in a light breeze from the east to the northeast.

“Fog will be slow to rise on Monday morning and may linger in some areas during the day. Where the fog clears, sunny spells will develop and there will be scattered showers in Ulster and along the eastern shores. Very cold once again with high afternoon temperatures of just 0 and 4 degrees, cooler where fog lingers, with a light north breeze turning light to moderate to the northwest later.

“Tuesday will see rains that will affect Ulster, the rest of the country will be mostly dry. Moderate to cool winds from the northwest with temperatures of 6 or 7 degrees in the afternoon, dropping between minus 2 and plus 2 degrees on Tuesday night.

“There will be little change at the beginning of Wednesday, although it will become quite cloudy, another cold day with variable light winds and mostly dry, except for rain near the coast.

“The rain will develop in the southwest and west during the afternoon, spreading into the late afternoon and early evening, and at times it will be strong. The light and variable winds will turn from the south and cool before the rain With temperatures of 5 to 7 degrees during the day and falling to almost freezing again at night with the rain clearing.

“Thursday will be mostly dry to start with light westerly winds, the winds will turn south and cool off with another streak of rain coming from the west later, sometimes heavy. Still quite cold with afternoon temperatures of 7-10 degrees and overnight from 5 to 7 degrees.

“The additional perspective for next weekend is that the conditions remain quite cold with rain sometimes in the west.”