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LAST UPDATE | 10 Dec 2022
A STATUS ORANGE low temperature/ice warning will take effect for the whole country tomorrow evening with temperatures likely to fall below -5 degrees in many areas.
It will remain in place until midday on Monday.
A Status Yellow snow warning has also been issued for Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow. It will come into effect from 11pm tonight and will remain in place until midday tomorrow.
The forecaster said that showers of snow will lead to accumulations in places, most substantially over high ground.
Status Orange - Low Temperature/Ice warning for Ireland
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) December 10, 2022
A severe frost and further icy stretches will set in on Sunday night, accompanied by patches of freezing fog. Temperatures likely to fall below -5 degrees in many areas.
17:00 Sunday 11/12/2022 to 12:00 Monday 12/12/2022 pic.twitter.com/Tb4zL0Cd9r
Severe frost and further icy stretches will set in tomorrow night, with patches of freezing fog. Temperatures are likely to fall below -5 degrees in many areas.
It comes as a nationwide Status Yellow freezing fog warning was extended until midday tomorrow, alongside a Status Yellow low temperature/ice warning.
Very cold tonight with widespread frost and ice along with freezing fog🌫️🥶
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) December 10, 2022
Most areas will be dry but there will be a few wintry showers, especially near Irish Sea coastal counties where some accumulations of snow are possible❄️🌨️
Lowest temperatures of -6 to -2 °C📉🌡️ pic.twitter.com/jqG2xdOUhy
Met Éireann has warned of treacherous conditions due to the freezing fog, with sharp to severe frosts expected alongside ice and black ice on footpaths and roads.
Tonight, temperatures will fall to between -5 and 0 degrees, according to Met Éireann.
The UK’s Met Office has said freezing fog patches are already forming across parts of Northern Ireland and England.
These will become more extensive into Sunday morning.
Further travel disruption was seen at Dublin Airport after 143 flights going into or out of the airport were cancelled yesterday as a result of the cold weather. A number of flights also experienced significant delays.
Today, 50 flights due to depart or arrive at Dublin Airport have so far been cancelled.
Daa has advised passengers to check with their airlines for the latest flight information.
Both Ryanair and Aer Lingus are also advising passengers to keep checking their websites for the latest updates in relation to their flights.
Live information for Dublin Airport departures and arrivals can be found here.
Additional reporting from Emer Moreau
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Polar vortex heading our way. Most of Europe will be in the minus teens next week. Ireland minus 2 and 3. Hopefully this is the last blast of Winter
@saoirse janneau: what a time to have an airlock in my radiators. Oil must have been nicked from my tank.. it seems it went from half full to empty in 4 weeks and I’m out Mon to Fri 9 to 5. Now I have oil and no radiators working :(
@Peter Cavey: easily enough to fix. Just google the name of the boiler and it usually involves loosening a screw until the oil comes out
@phil: Water comes out, oil doesn’t go into the radiators.
@Peter: Sometimes you need to bleed the boiler. If all of his rads are cold it’s his boiler that’s the problem.
-2° in Leitrim now, this has been a long chilly winter here!
@Dorothy Giselsson: at least it’s lovely though ;)
Next week could see significant snowfall in places. One of the Models took a step back this morning however. It will be bitterly cold with temps struggling to get above freezing during the day. If it snows it will be proper powdery not the wet shite we get from the Atlantic.
@phil: That’a a relief. Can’t be doing with that wet shore. Proper snow is what we deserve.
@phil: yeah cant have another episode of “the wrong type of snow fell” again
@phil: The year of the big snow in 1947 which I often heard the old people talking about, the snow didn’t hit till the end of February. Hopefully we’ll just have a light dusting.
A lot of comments moaning about Met Eireann issuing lots of warnings. I for one appreciate the forcasts and understand they can’t be 100% of the time.
I can’t wait for the yellow warnings when we hit temperatures with double numbers. Break out the sun screen!
God help the homeless! Hopefully all who can will be sheltered.
The beast from the east. However most people don’t believe it. Can’t blame them. Lows of – 10 and heavy snow is predicted. Met office UK gave a 30 forecast other day which was laughable at best considering most reputable weather monitoring stations give ten day forecast.
@James O’Brien: The UK met office always air on the side if caution regarding long range forecast.
@James O’Brien: they couldn’t get clarity 30 days especially after a ssw took place .peoole in east irl uk should prepare it’s going to get very messy this isn’t just 2 days this could last weeks last time we saw ssw was 2013 2010
It’s the Beast from the East!! Where’s Dwayne Johnson when you need him?? I think I’ll hedge my bets and wait and see what happens…. no panic buying on the tins of beans just yet.
I’d rather the porn vortex
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I don’t get why February is considered spring in Ireland. To me it’s considered winter as in the rest of Europe. I don’t expect somewhat warmer conditions until March tbh.
Next 2 weeks of frozen hell?
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