The much heralded cold spell has arrived in Ireland bringing the coldest weather since 2010. Last night temperatures sunk to -7 at Mt Dillon and there was snow in Dublin. This only signals day one of a cold spell that is set to last until at least mid December and may last even longer. Over 60 per cent of weather charts show cold weather while 37 per cent show milder scenarios.
Lowest temperature -7c
Most snow 2cm Dublin 16.
Keep tuned for further updates.
There is heavy sleet and snow in the forecast for Ireland this week. There will be very cold Northerly winds as a low pressure system moves down from the Northeast. This will bring some extremely cold weather with temperatures going as low as minus 4 at night with ice and snow by the day. Conditions will be very dangerous on the roads especially after midweek and there are likely to be several weather warnings in place during this time. As we can see from the map the Wintry showers have already arrived in the East. Further updates to follow.
