Weather experts have shared the few areas of Ireland which may be safe from significant snowfall as several days of particularly cold weather are set to hit the country.
One meteorologist even warned that people living in affected areas should be ready for power outages which could last for several days.
Ireland’s Weather Channel stated that “disruptive snow is increasingly likely for parts of North Munster, East Connacht, the Midlands and South Ulster, based off the latest trends.”
Other experts have added that the centre of the country will see the most snow, while many areas to the north and south, as well as east and west coasts, may be better off.
Ireland’s Weather Channel added: “Accumulations within the zones that receive and retain snowfall will see 5-10cm of snow quite widely. With local accumulations of 15-20cm are also possible, with upland and mountainous areas seeing up to 40cm of snow.”
“While there remains uncertainty over the exact track, depth and intensity of the low pressure responsible for the heavy snow, a clear trend which favours heavy snow across the Midlands, South and East Ulster and East Connacht has become evident.”
Dark green and orange show the areas most at risk
(Image: Metociel.fr)
Donegal Weather Channel predicted a more widespread blanketing of snow, stating:
“A majority of the main models are now showing significant snowfall across the Midlands, Connacht, North Leinster into Ulster with some places potentially receiving up to 30cm of snowfall. If you draw a line from Limerick to Dublin this seems to be the most favoured places north of that.”
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“Across Much of Munster away from Clare and Limerick this is likely to be more of a risk if Sleet, Rain and wet snow.
“The main risk period is between 8pm Saturday to around 6pm Sunday with some with snow falling in places for a long period of time.
“The next period that needs to be watched is Monday and Tuesday with widespread snow heavy snow showers moving into Ulster and Connacht giving further accumulated snow so there could be some big amounts by Tuesday evening in places.
“One of the main concerns is that no matter if you see rain, sleet or snow, it will freeze very hard each night after that snowfall on Sunday with low down to -6C / -7C Sunday night into Sunday morning. Monday to Thursday night we are looking at temperatures at night falling to -10C or lower over snow covered areas with treacherous conditions and some places becoming cut off.
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“I would ask people to prepare for potential power outages due to the potential for ice freezing on powerlines which could lead to some losing electricity.
“Stock up with food and water for 5 days at least. Be very mindful of animals outside as it’s going to be extremely cold.
“Please check on more elderly or more vulnerable people. Roads will potentially become impassable in some areas so avoid travel where necessary.
Some meteorologists have even warned that next week “in some parts of the country could be one of the coldest weeks in decades” with nighttime temperatures of -12 or -13 degrees.
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Met Eireann has issued the following short term forecast.
Frost and fog will clear on Friday morning to leave another cold day, but it’ll be dry and sunny in many areas. In the west and north there’ll be scattered showers, a few possibly turning wintry. Highest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees in light to moderate westerly or variable breezes.
Staying cold on Friday night and mainly dry with clear spells, there’ll be a few well scattered showers near western and northern coasts, the odd wintry one.
Lowest temperatures of -3 to +1 degrees, locally colder where patches of fog and freezing fog develop. There’ll also be widespread frost and some ice forming once again.
The frost and fog will clear through Saturday morning and it’ll be dry for a time in many areas with some sunny spells, especially further north.
Rain will gradually spread from the southwest over the course of the day, becoming heavy at times, especially later and as it meets the cold air further inland, it’ll turn to sleet and snow.
A cold day with highest temperatures of just 1 to 6 degrees, with the higher temperatures along the south and southeast coasts, where the precipitation will fall mainly as rain. Winds will be mostly light easterly to begin, but will freshen through the day.
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