Prolonged cold spell possible as senior organization call the spell..

Quick Outlook from myself

Thursday:
Continuing mild, dull and drizzly with some sunny spells.
Little frost on Thursday night with temperatures of
5-8c under cloud cover.

Friday
The day our rut finally ends and it starts to weather!
It will start as any other day in the south and east, cloudy
with some drizzle but rain will build in the northwest by
morning and will begin to spread southeast. The rain
will be heavy and prolonged in places with some very heavy
falls of upto 25mm in places. A rapid decrease in temperatures
will occur behind the front towards evening. The rain will
turn to snow above circa 500m in the Midlands and East
towards evening before finally clearing away after midnight.
Wintry showers will move into the northwest.

Saturday
A much colder day with a cold airmass becoming established,
it will be noticeably windier also. Heavy wintry showers
will affect the west throughout the morning turning to snow
during the afternoon. Later on Saturday a further cold front will move
down from the north giving a period of snow to the North for a time
before decaying and clearing south with some snow possible
for North Connacht and North Leinster. Maxima of 6c
in the south to 4c in the North. A widespread frost later
with temperatures dipping to -2c in places. Snow showers
continuing in the North and West.

Sunday
A colder day still with some snow showers in the west. There
is a possibility of a slack area of low pressure moving down the
Irish Sea to deliver some further showers of sleet or wet snow
in the east. A cold day everywhere with bitter northeasterly
breezes. Maxima of 5c in the southeast to 2c in the midlands.
Temperatures will dip to -3c in the north later but southern
and Eastern areas may remain above freezing due to cloudcover.

Monday
A cold day with light Easterly breezes and a harsh frost to
begin. Sunny in the west and north but with some light wintry
showers in the east. A mostly dry day otherwise. Maxima
of 5c in the sunnier north to 4c in the East. Temperatures
will plummet to -4c in some sheltered spots later.

Tuesday
Similar, a freezing start with frost and ice. A dry day
countrywide with little or no shower activity. A
cold Easterly breeze may bring some cloud onto
the east coast. It will feel bitter here with temperatures
of no more than 4c, upto 7c in the sunnier west.
Another harsh frost in the midlands and east later.


Good Luck all

Nice 18z for Eastern areas showing a trough running down
the Irish sea late Saturday early Sunday


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Very interestign prospects of a period of snow in the east
into Sunday morning, interesting

Earthman perhaps rename the thread instead of locking
it so we can have all discussion about this cold snap
int his thread?