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TEMPERATURES PLUMMETED TO as low as -7 degrees in some areas of the country overnight.
Storm Emma is due to clash with the Beast from the East later today, causing blizzard-like conditions, but temperatures have begun to drop significantly already.
Cork Airport recorded temperatures of -7 degrees, Ireland’s lowest-recorded temperature since 2016.
Knock Airport saw temperatures of -6.8 degrees and temperatures of -5.1 degrees were recorded in Dublin Airport.
Shannon Airport saw slightly warmer temperatures of -5 degrees.
Scattered heavy showers are expected to continue throughout the day today, causing widespread icy conditions.
During the afternoon and evening, the blizzard conditions will develop across Munster and Leinster as the heavy snow meets the strong winds from Storm Emma.
As the blizzard-like conditions will continue throughout tonight, Met Éireann forecasts temperatures as low as -4 degrees.
Again, there will be further snowfall throughout the country tomorrow, however, that will clear from the north for a time and will later turn to rain on the south coast.
Met Éireann warned extensive disruption is expected to continue for much of the country.
The strong easterly winds from today will ease off steadily tomorrow night, but temperatures will drop below zero again, hitting as low as -3 degrees.
Looking onto Saturday, some brighter weather is forecast as some dry spells begin to develop.
With that will slightly warmer conditions, as temperatures are forecast to rise to up to 4 to 5 degrees in the west and 1 degree in the east.
Met Éireann said cold, wintry conditions are to persist into next week as east and northeast winds continue to hit the country.
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I kept warm by burning bread
@Jimmy jones: Noooo …
@Jimmy jones: We are keeping warm by huddling together and reading the journal’s weather related articles.
@Jimmy jones: heathen!!
Minus – 8°c at my house last night (half way up the mountain above Tralee)- I took a photo of my digital thermometer which has an outside probe at around 3am when it read -7.4°c – my wife read the temperature at -8°c a couple of hours later!!
@David Grey: Ye really know how to keep a marriage exciting.
@Noel Ryan:
Yeah Noel,
Your Missus doesn’t mind the threesomes!
Cheers for being so understanding!!
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@Joseph Molloy: breadcoin currently enjoying a very successful week, correction expected at the weekend however..
Stay away from airports
I can’t wait for the slightly warmer conditions of 4 or 5 degrees
Tried driving before7.30..100 yards of sliding made my mind up..
@Kieran OKeeffe: maybe it was your driving ..
Beautiful sunny morning in Limerick. Minimal snow around yet all schools are closed as is UL. No reason why all couldn’t have operated as normal until about 3pm today.
@Donal Killackey: The nature of the snow showers mean it’s very hard to predict exactly where the snow is going to fall hardest. I mean parts of North Clare and southern Galway got hit badly. It’s quite localised and random.
@Donal Killackey: A lot of staff have distances to travel on roads that may not be gritted. Also it gave students a chance to go home yesterday while transport was still moving fairly well.
According to your colleague Paul (3 articles up) it dropped to -5. Do you guys not communicate? And which is it?
@Matt Connolly: The other article was about just Dublin.
@Matt Connolly: Do you not read articles before commenting? Other article clearly states that temperature reading was in Dublin.
What was the lowest in 2016?
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