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IRELAND IS SET to experience mixed conditions over the next few days, but it appears that anyone dreaming of a white Christmas here will have to wait another year.
According to Met Éireann, a combination of scattered showers and dry conditions will feature for the rest of the week, with a dry day expected on 25 December.
Today will see scattered showers across the country, although the forecaster says these will gradually become more isolated in the southern half of Ireland as the day develops.
Showers will continue to fade across the rest of the country this evening, but more outbreaks of rain will begin to move into the southwest and extend to most of the country before midnight, with some heavy bursts.
Lowest temperatures tonight will be between 3 and 7 degrees Celsius, with the overnight rain set to bring a damp and wet start tomorrow.
Drier conditions will develop as Friday continues, although it will remain dull and cloudy with some scattered rain and drizzle throughout the afternoon and evening.
Scattered rain will become confined to west and northwest coasts on Friday evening, when it will also turn cold, with lows of 3 to 6 degrees Celsius.
Conditions will continue to be mixed over the weekend, and while it’s still too early to say, current indications for Christmas Day suggest that it will be generally dry with sunny spells throughout the day.
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Back in the day when I was a young lad…in the 80s…we used to say…if we all pull together we could have a white Christmas…
Happy Holidays…
@Micheal McGee: cheesy comment :-]
Spring is the new winter.
I’m dreaming of a brexit free Christmas.
@Blind Faith:
That could be strong a indication that you need to get out more.
That’s good
Im dreaming of a warning free Christmas.met Eireann overdoing with all the warnings.
What’s new, we’re disappointed most years for a white Christmas
Christmas Day is usually a calm, non eventful weather day anyway. Almost as if Mother Nature takes the day off.
First xmas off in 5 years so really looking forward to it no matter what the weather does.
@Derek Lyster: Ho ho ho Derek, we’re delighted you’ll get some time off this year to enjoy The Big Day. We’d like to send you a Cadbury hamper and a One4All voucher to thank you for spreading the Christmas cheer… Just email your number and daytime address to competitions@thejournal.ie!
Isn’t “White Christmas” offensive or something?
That’s a beautiful archive picture.
Whatever happened to those two months of snow leading to Xmas the so called experts told us.
@TechBuzz Ireland: ‘Ireland to experience second ICE AGE as temperatures set to PLUMMET to -10 degrees and snow storms to GRIP the country in WORST winter in 50 years!’ Something like that…
So what you’re telling me it will be a status red warning on Christmas day for snow. Irish weather is gas!
@Mick Mooney: I wonder how the Irish came up with that saying. ‘Sure it’s great gas.’ Gas is definitely great unless it leaks and kills you.
I thought we had a white Christmas in 2010. I remember my sister was coming to stay and it took hours for her to arrive because of the snow.
Boo hiss!
How disappointing for the children – not so much for the adults. For some unknown reason snowy scenes seem to form the image that we all carry of the season – Christmas films, advertising and cards mostly involve fluffy white landscapes with snow falling. Snow or none however we can watch ‘Holiday Inn’ where Bing Crosby immortalised the fabulous song ‘White Christmas’ which never ceases to evoke memories of Christmases past when it did actually snow and led to hours of fun outdoors.
Lovely headline to start the day
When did we last have any snow at Christmas Dublin-wise?
I can only remember one – way back when I was a lad. Remember a few white(ish) New Years alright.
@Michael Kavanagh: 2010 , it snowed and was -15 on Christmas Eve night
Cocaine seizure in munster probably means it won’t be white one for some people anyway
Well, I’m 46 and we have never had a white Christmas yet, seems reserved for farther north and west of the Country.
I’d love a white Christmas.
in five years time summer will be the new winter .
Can Met Eireann forecast next weeks weather is the thought we all have, New year might be frosty… I say if it snows we should all go naked and run into it like the eejits we are lol.
February and March are always cold as can the first few days of April, we probably be complaining about them next year as sun spot activity is low and that allows winds from the east to take over and then we have SSW to worry about…
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