Met Éireann’s Chief meteorologist said ground temperatures “may hit minus 6C or minus 7C” later this week and northern areas can expect snow on Wednesday night as the country experiences a cold snap this week .
The country is set to experience several days of freezing temperatures and the meteorologist has issued a warning to that effect.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne, Evelyn Cusack said the next few days would be fine until Wednesday evening when the cold front hits the country.
“That’s going to introduce Arctic air, the air mass will be coming directly down from the arctic. That’s coming down into all of northern Europe and Ireland and the UK. That’s going to introduce very cold weather for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and next Monday, possibly longer. We will have daytime temperatures really close enough to zero, just low single figures at best. The nighttime temperatures will be gradually dropping down,” she said, reports RTE.
Cusack said that as the week progresses, air temperatures could drop to “-4C and -5C,” adding that ground temperatures could drop to “maybe -6C or -7C.” .
She said northern areas can expect to see snow Wednesday night.
“Wednesday night we will get some precipitation, so Donegal likely to get snow on Wednesday night. Northern Ireland, Cavan, Monaghan, maybe parts of Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo, but the precipitation dying out so it’s unlikely to get to Dublin, Cork or Galway. Over the northern areas there will definitely be some snow on Wednesday night and then that will freeze over.” Ms Cusack said, reports RTE.
She said today and tomorrow would be a good day to prepare for the upcoming weather, adding that there were plenty of tips on how to prepare on winterready.ie.
In Northern Ireland, the UK Met Office has triggered a cold weather alert from 6pm on Wednesday, to 9am on Monday, 12 December.
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