Long Range Weather for Ireland calls for cold December 2020

 Much colder in fact than recent years. 2019 had a pretty cold November but it looks like 2020 is going to see that cold weather arrive a month later. This may raise hopes of a White Christmas but currently mid to late December is looking pretty dry and benign in Ireland. 

The early part of December seems to be signalling a slight chance of snow in Ireland. This will have to be kept a close eye on as it is not set in stone. 

Temperatures will be in the low single figures so it could well be a sleety mix. Most of December looks like it will be below 10c with little in the way of milder spells. It will also be drier  than normal which will help with Christmas shopping.

Cold Weather to Continue

While it is very difficult to pinpoint just whether it is going to snow in the next 7 to 10 days it is going to be cold with temperatures in single figures on most days. Perhaps Sunday 2nd December and Monday 3rd December will see some mild wet weather and temperatures of 11c. 

Will we see snow?

After this it gets cold again and the temperatures drop to 6 or 7c once again with frost at night time. If shower activity behind fronts from the Northwest is strong enough and falls late at night there could be some mixed precipitation or wet snow. Certainly the mountain tips will get a dusting.

The Christmas weather will soon be here upon us too and people dream of snow and ice unless you are a motorist. It certainly looks like cold weather is going to continue up to the middle of December, however there will be some very short mild bursts and there could be one such burst on the Big Day itself. However after this it looks like more cold weather will come in from the Northwest.