December cold spell on way

 The long term weather trend for Ireland sees a cold spell of Northerlies persist for the first half of December and there may also be some snow in the mix. The highest risk of snow will be at night or in some of the heavier outbreaks. But snow will not be only confined to mountain tops I feel. However most of the time showers will be of hail or sleet or rain. Christmas is looking very dry and mild.

Long Range Weather for Ireland December update

 The cold spell is signalled to begin on Wednesday with temperatures only in the 5c to 9c range. There will be many showers, some of them wintry and a low risk of snow at night. The weather will stay like this for the first 10 days of December. Also some frost can be expected and temperatures at times will drop below zero with frost at night. Becoming milder as we head to Christmas with temperatures of 7 to 10c expected

Long Range Weather December update

Cold spell now looks likely this coming week and it will stay cold from December 1st to possibly December 10th. After that it does look milder but during this period Ireland will have showers of rain hail sleet and snow and temperatures of 3c to 7c. Frost is also likely at night. 

Long Range Weather Forecast for Ireland Dember 2020

 The month will still start on a cold note. How cold it goes is open to question. As we start off this week there is a low pressure to the Northwest of Ireland. During the week this is going to sink down over Ireland. How far South it goes will determine how cold it gets as we start December. At present temperatures of 4 to 7c look likely with wet sleety rain showers.

Long Range Forecast for Ireland December 2020 update

 December still looking cold but models have backed away from the severe cold I mentioned yesterday. More like mid single figures now. But there are attempts at the North pushing down during the month. Most of all there is the Southwesterly milds we have become used to but any push south of these will result in some very cold weather in the darkest days of the year. Not much wind showing either so nights will not be 11c like recent years. Updates will continue as the situation continues to evolve.

Long Range Weather for Ireland December 2020 and Christmas

 So the start of December is still looking quite cold. Temperatures of 4 or 5c to be expected. If there is to be any snow in Ireland this side of Christmas this would appear to be the brief window of opportunity. Around December 4th looks particularly cold and could be in the low single figures.

Overall though the weather for December and Christmas looks quite and benign with no storms showing up at present. If you look out the window today, November 26th, that is probably what the weather will be like a lot of December with not too much in the way of heavy rain.

Temperatures around 10c for Christmas day and fair day weatherwise. All the Christmas period looks quiet with maybe colder weather as we break into the new year.