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WE’RE IN FOR a weekend of very wintery weather – so watch out for ice at night and expect some showers during the day.
Met Éireann are forecasting showers during the day and freezing temperatures overnight, so expect a bit of frost and a risk of ice on the roads in the morning.
Today the rain will clear across the country, and frost in parts of Munster will gradually clear. Any overnight fog may be slow to clear though. Otherwise it will be a largely dry day with some sunshine and just isolated showers.
The highest temperatures will be between 5 – 8 degrees, but colder where fog lingers.
Tonight will start dry in most areas with clear spells. Showers in the southwest will spread across Munster and south Leinster, and will clear again later and temperatures will drop close to freezing, with a risk of frost, fog and ice on roads.
Lowest temperatures of 0 to 3 degrees in little or no wind.
Saturday is looking largely dry with sunny spells. A few showers will affect the south of the country later in the day and it may stay misty in some parts.
Highest temperatures of 4 to 6 degrees in light breezes.
On Sunday there will be bright spells and showers, which will be more frequent in the southwest, west and northwest but more scattered elsewhere.
Maximum temperatures of 6 to 9 degrees. There will be a mix of clear spells and scattered showers overnight with lowest temperatures of 1 to 6 degrees with a risk of isolated frost patches.
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Don’t care about the cold. If only it would stop raining.
@Philip Jordan: Iagree with you. I prefere the snow. NOT constant rain which is so depressing.
That headline is a bit over the top. Absolutely freezing ? Think back to this time 10yrs ago. Night time temperatures were below -10 with snow cover over the vast majority of the country. Temps were so low in Carlow that sections of the River Barrow froze over. Minus 16 was recorded in Tullow on one of the nights.
From the article, I understood bright spells, possible fog in some places, rain in some places and temperatures of up to 9c. Lowest nighttime temps of +1. Nothing remarkable for late December. In fact, mild.
@Anne Marie Devlin: it’s called a weather forecast. Do you not notice them on any other news media service?
@Paul Furey: Yes, I’ve seen them once or twice before. I was merely highlighting the disconnect between the headline and the contents of the article. Maybe you could enlighten me on the relevance of your reply to my post.
A.B.R ( anything but rain)
That’s a normal forecast for this time of year
I don’t expect us to be basking in 40degrees heat like Australia
But you never know what will happen next here with some of the forecasts we are getting
@John gaughan: it’s still only a weather forecast. I’d say most realise it’s normal.
Absolutely stupid headline. Nonsensical..
@Chris Jordan: yawn
weather woman said normal values for this time of year like 6 or 7 degrees?
Ah pi## of it’s December
Ah pi## of it’s December what u expect
Ah pi”” of it’s December
Ah pi## of it’s December
Ah pi## of it’s December what u expect
@Gary Smith: Do you even know what month it is Gary ? Asking for a friend.
It’s called winter
@Gary Smith: Do you even know what month it is Gary ?
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