A status yellow low temperature and ice warning has been issued for Ireland, by Met Eireann.
It starts at 6pm on Thursday evening and will remain in place until at least 11am on Friday morning.
Met Éireann warns of widespread frost, ice, snow and cold as temperatures fall to -5c degrees or lower in many places overnight, while they could fall as low as -7 degrees.
Weather expert Karl Hanratty, whose hobby is meteorology studies, claims that up half a foot of snow will fall in places, in particular higher grounds.
According to Met Eireann, “Cold tonight with clear spells and while it’ll be dry in most areas, there’ll be well scattered showers, mainly in the north and west, some wintry. Lowest temperatures of -5 to 0 degrees with widespread frost and some ice developing. Some fog and freezing fog will form too. Winds will be mostly light west to northwesterly or variable, but will be fresher in northern coastal parts.”
People are asked to check on the elderly and on animals for their safety and wellbeing.
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