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The Big Freeze ( Saturday 9th January 2010 )
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Latest met.ie forecast:
National Forecast
09 January 2010 05:29
Today Remaining very cold, with frost and ice persisting despite sunny spells in most places, and with some patches of freezing fog. Hail and snow showers along Irish Sea coasts, extending westwards during the day and after dark to affect many areas for a time, with clearer skies following into the eastern half of the country during the middle of the day or in the afternoon. Highest temperatures between - 3 and + 3c
Tonight
Widespread frost and ice again tonight, though fog become less extensive as winds tend to freshen by dawn. Dry in most places. Wintry showers, mainly near the Leinster and south Munster coasts, with further snowfall in places there. Lowest temperatures - 3 to - 10 C generally (probably coldest over the western half of the country) but - 2 to + 2 on exposed eastern and southern coasts.
Tomorrow
Very cold again tomorrow, with a strengthening wind. Wintry showers and outbreaks of sleet or snow becoming more widespread during the day, especially across the southern half of the country. Highest temperatures - 1 to + 4 C.
Outlook
There will be precipitation at times over most parts of the country during SUNDAY NIGHT and MONDAY, and much or all of it will be sleet or snow - only along some southern coasts, if anywhere, might it turn to rain at times. The snow will be heavy enough in places to give 5 to 10 cm or so of further snowfall in some areas, with the southern half of the country most at risk. The north and northwest should stay dry for a while at least, but here too there probably will be some sleet or snow eventually during Monday or Monday night.
LATER MONDAY or MONDAY NIGHT, however, the wintry precipitation will tend to die out and move away northwards, leaving most places dry. Although temperatures on both Sunday night and Monday night won't reach the exceptional levels of the last few nights, frosty icy conditions will continue on a widespread scale. There will be a biting wind much of the time as well, east to northeast initially, veering east to southeast Monday or Monday night.
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY will see some slight improvement in temperatures at times, with occasional daytime thawing possible (especially in the south). However it won't be enough to prevent ongoing problems with frost, ice and lying snow - these will persist in many areas, and even where some thawing does occur at times the icy conditions could return on any night. It will also remain cold enough for precipitation to still fall as sleet or snow in places and cause further disruption, or to increase the ice risk even where it falls as rain. (Current indications as regards precipitation are that, although some areas will be dry throughout, there is a continuing risk of wintry showers, especially near Irish Sea coasts - and over the southern half of the country more general rain, sleet or snow is possible at times, especially on Tuesday). A chilly east to southeast wind on Tuesday will die down Tuesday night or Wednesday.
http://www.met.ie/forecasts/
Time to dust off those barbecues folks.
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