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SNOW, sleet and ice are here to stay after Ireland felt its coldest night of winter over the weekend.
On Saturday night temperatures plummeted to -5.9 ° C in Co Roscommon, but Met Eireann predicts that temperatures will not drop as much this week.
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Ireland is expected to feel another flurry of wet and wintry weather with a mix of rain, sleet and snow in the country in the coming days.
Eireann forecaster Gavin Gallagher said snow will fall mainly on higher ground and mountainous areas on the east coast.
He told the Irish Sun: “There will be some snow showers, but they will be on higher ground: Dublin Mountains, Wicklow Mountains.”
SNOW HIGH
The forecaster said other winter showers during the week will contain more of a mix of sleet and rain.
Gallagher said: “You will have showers mainly on the east coast and also in the southeast. You will have downpours coming from the Irish Sea because we are in a northeast wind.
“The snow will be confined mainly to high ground. The Wicklow Mountains, the Dublin Mountains. That is the same on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday because the temperatures will be the same.
“During the day, from 1 to 5 ° C, colder in the west and milder in the east. Then, during the night from 0 ° C to -3 or -4, very similar for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday” .
ICY ROADS
Gallagher warned motorists of icing on the roads after a swath of precipitation Wednesday night and the development of frost every night this week.
He said: “On Wednesday night, a strip of precipitation will descend from the northwest. It will be mostly rain, there will be some sleet but mostly rain that runs through Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
“Road surface temperatures are very cold, so road surface temperatures are likely to be below freezing. If the road is icy and you get rain or hail or sleet, that may mean that an ice sheet is forming on the road.
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“So anywhere the rains fall and the cold temperatures also mean there is a risk of ice forming, especially across Leinster and the Midlands.”
As the weekend approaches, Met Eireann expects temperatures to remain cold with more winter showers and even longer periods of sleet or snow.
While daytime temperatures are expected to remain between 1 ° C and 4 ° C and before dropping below freezing overnight.
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