Further snow showers due across country overnight
WeatherA Status Yellow snow and ice warning for the entire country is in place until 10am tomorrow morning.
Watch the latest Irish weather forecast.
Cold this evening. Showers of rain, hail, sleet and snow with isolated thunderstorms. Strong and gusty west winds and some gale gusts. Showers becoming less frequent later.
Wintry showers will continue for a time overnight. Frost and ice forming in many areas as the strong west to southwest breeze begins to moderate. Lowest temperatures of minus 1 to plus 1 degrees.
Sunny spells and scattered showers for a time early on Wednesday, the showers mainly affecting the west and north. Later in the evening and night rain will spread from the south, falling as sleet or possibly snow at first. Highest temperatures of 6 to 8 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest breezes becoming southeast and strong on the coast.
Wintry showers will continue tonight, turning more scattered later, with isolated thunderstorms, mainly in the northwest. Frost and ice will form later, as the strong westerly breeze moderate. Staying bitterly cold with lowest temperatures of minus 1 to plus 2 degrees.
Dry and bright in many areas on Wednesday with spells of sunshine. However, some wintry showers will occur early on, becoming mainly confined to the northwest by late morning. Later in the day rain will move into the southwest. Another cold day with highest temperatures of only 4 to 8 degrees, in mostly moderate, occasionally fresh west to southwest breezes.
Overview: Staying very unsettled but turning less cold from Thursday. Wednesday night: On Wednesday night, rain will extend northwards to all counties accompanied by strengthening southeasterly winds with some spot flooding. The rain will turn to snow across parts of Connacht and Ulster with accumulations for a time before the snow transitions to rain by Thursday morning. Minimum temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees. Thursday: Showery outbreaks of rain across the country on Thursday with blustery west to northwest winds. Turning drier later in the day as temporary ridge of high pressure builds in from the Atlantic. Highest temperatures ranging from a rather chilly 4 or 5 degrees in Ulster to 9 or 10 degrees along the south coast. Dry for much of Thursday night with a risk of frost and lowest temperatures of 0 to 4 degrees, coldest in the north and east. Friday: Southerly winds will strengthen on Friday and a band of rain will move quickly in across the western half of the country during the morning, extending eastwards to remaining counties in the afternoon. A clearance to bright spells and showers will follow from the west. Top temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. Clear spells on Friday night but rain is expected to arrive along the Atlantic seaboard during the night and southerly winds will freshen. Lowest temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees. Saturday: Early indications suggest Saturday will be a wet and windy day with heavy rain clearing to showers during the afternoon and evening. Top temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees in strong and gusty southwest winds. Turning colder overnight with scattered rain or hail showers and lows of 2 to 5 degrees. Sunday: The latest guidance indicates that Sunday will be another wet and blustery day with showers or longer spells of rain.
Update: Scattered wintry showers tonight and early Wednesday with some snowfall accumulations, especially in the west and north. Some disruption to travel is possible, particularly over higher routes.
Issued: 11 February 2020 19:55
Validity: 10 February 2020 00:01 to 12 February 2020 10:00
Westerly winds will reach gale or strong gale force this evening and for a time tonight on all Irish coastal waters and on the Irish Sea.
Issued: 11 February 2020 16:00
West-Northwest, 36 Knots, Gust 58 Knots, Recent rain, 5 Miles, 998, Rising slowly
West, 20 Knots, Rain shower, 3 Miles, 1007, Rising slowly
West, 25 Knots, Gust 38 Knots, Wave ht: 4.1 m, The visibility at Tuskar is greater than 10 Miles, 1012, Steady
West, 15 Knots, Gust 28 Knots, Recent rain, 21 Miles, 1013, Rising slowly
West, 26 Knots, Gust 40 Knots, Rain shower, 6 Miles, 1014, Steady
West, 24 Knots, Gust 42 Knots, Rain shower, 5 Miles, 1013, Steady
West, 32 Knots, Gust 46 Knots, Rain shower, 5 Miles, 1008, Rising slowly
West, 18 Knots, Gust 39 Knots, Fair, 8 Miles, 1005, Rising slowly
West, 26 Knots, Gust 37 Knots, Wave height not available, 1006, Rising
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West-Northwest, 29 Knots, Gust 48 Knots, Wave height not available, Pressure not available, Pressure tendency not available
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Sea Area Forecast until 1800 Wednesday 12 February 2020. Issued at 1800 Tuesday 11 February 2020.
Meteorological Situation at 1500: A strong to gale force westerly airflow covers Ireland with showery trough lines embedded in the flow, moderating overnight. Low pressure will approach from the mid-Atlantic later.
Wind: Westerly force 7 to strong force gale 9. Decreasing force 6 or 7 and gusty by morning. Moderating force 4 to 6 forenoon. Backing southwest and decreasing force 4 to 5 for a time later.
Weather: Squally wintry showers with a risk of hail and thunder, becoming more scattered overnight.
Visibility: Good outside of showers.
Wind: Westerly force 7 to gale force 8. Westerly force 6 or 7 tonight, further decreasing force 5 or 6 by morning. Moderating west to southwest force 4 or 5 Wednesday afternoon before increasing force 5 to 7 later.
Weather: Squally wintry showers with a risk of hail and thunder, becoming more scattered overnight. Rain later.
Visibility: Good outside of showers or rain
Outlook for a further 24 hours until 1800 Thursday 13 February 2020: Strong to gale force cyclonic variable winds as low pressure moves in across the country. Mostly moderate northwest winds later. Rain, clearing to showers.