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IRELAND CAN EXPECT to be hit by more cold weather in the week ahead with wintry showers of hail, sleet or snow expected.
The Irish Weather Network has forecast wintry showers across parts of the north and east with a fresh easterly winds blowing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this coming week.
Daytime temperatures will reach no higher than 6 degrees Celsius and will fall overnight to lows of -4 degrees Celsius. The weather will be dry, bright and crisp in the west and southwest of the country.
On Thursday and Friday there will be a change to more unsettled weather moving in from the Atlantic as weather fronts push up from the south in strengthening southeast winds.
The rain will be preceded by sleet and snow over the midlands and northern half of the country.
There will be a rise in temperatures on Friday but they will fall back again to below normal next weekend as cold air comes in from the east.
Met Éireann says that the outlook for the next week is for the cold spell to continue with indications of strong easterly winds and outbreaks of rain.
There goes Spring…
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The weather in this country is mad, and that is why the people are mad.
The cold weather kills all the bad shtuff in the air!!
It would want to hurry up , I’m on my 3 rd bout of manful since Christmas …. ( never expected to survive , )
3 rounds of manflu and you can still type!!!!! My brother I salute you….. A brave warrior
Well Ted, me thinks we need a blizzard then
;)
Cough ……… Cough …….
I’m on my last digit ……….. I see bright lights in the distance …. ( splutter ,,,, gasp …….. :….:…:…:…:.:..:..:..:..:..:..:……………… . .
A runner neighbour of mine reckons that there’s no such thing as bad weather “only weak minds”
Excellent news. I’ve 36 pallets of briquettes and 30 of coal ready to shift this week. Bring it on! http://www.fuelmyfire.net
White easter …. black pope … green day today ….. all colours of the rainbow !
More global warming !!!!!
Its like this folks this time last year it was unseasonably warm and sunny and we got f-all summer this year so far no decent weather me thinks we’ll get a good run of decent sun when we need it (summer time) failing that Aldi are selling boots and rain coats.
‘So far no decent weather’?
February was fantastic, 21 consecutive days with no rain and most days bright & sunny, the best February that I remember.
FFS!!!!!
Ah pants!
Cool
I’m hibernating….my electric blanket and I are very best friends..
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