Colder for End of January

The Long Range Weather Forecast for Ireland is certainly containing a lot more in the way of colder episodes than the weeks just gone. 


It may not be cold all of the time but it will be cold enough for snow at higher levels quite a few times and this risk is going to extend to lower levels at times temporarily especially in the West and North of Ireland and more especially during the night. 


Frost could also be a problem if the temperatures are low at night for a sustained period and they will be more severe if there is any lying snow which acts as a coolant and brings down the temperature. 


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Winter Storms Cause Havoc

Some extremely stormy weather hit Ireland on January 3rd 2012 with a gust of 91knots recorded at Malin Head courtesy of Met Eireann. Sligo saw winds in excess of 65 miles per hour bringing down power lines in areas like Geevagh and Cliffoney and leaving a lot of homes in these areas without power.


Met Eireann have said that it was the windiest spell of weather since the storm of Stephens Day in 1998.


Over 1800 homes were still without power 24 hours after the storm hit but the ESB are working hard to restore power to these areas mainly along the Atlantic Seaboard.

Birds struggled in the High Winds

What is in the forecast for the coming few days well initially it continues windy and wet but towards the end of the week it will get a lot calmer and much milder as temperatures reach 11 or 12c and High Pressure builds to the South of Ireland and this will bring a lot more settled weather for most of the middle part of January.