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AFTER A BRIEF glimpse of what the summer might bring, temperatures are now set to plunge across Ireland.
Met Éireann is warning gardeners and farmers to be on alert for late season frost, particularly later in the week.
The forecaster predicts ‘unseasonably cold’ conditions today and tomorrow weather with temperatures as much as four degrees below normal, with an added wind chill from northerly winds.
Scattered wintry showers are forecast for today with hail, sleet, and snow possible, mostly in the north of the country before becoming more widespread overnight, when temperatures could fall as low as -2 degrees.
Tuesday is set to be more of the same, with daytime temperatures of between 4 and 7 degrees before dipping again overnight to as low as -3. Munster and south Leinster will likely be spared from continued scattered wintry showers.
The rest of the week will be cold but slightly warmer, with a high of around 10 degrees during the day but those northerly winds will still provide an added chill.
Friday is currently set to be a very cold, clear day. Temperatures are set to fall as low as -4 overnight, meaning a severe unseasonable frost is possible.
Maybe don’t pack away the winter jumper just yet.
I think heavy snow would be welcome in Northern Ireland.
Not great weather so for the short pants this week….. but thousands of people still stick them on as they must love wearing them … even when the stones are getting frozen off them….. can never fathom this one!
@Max Power: always one **** in shorts
@Max Power: I’m with you on this. A few weeks back it was biting cold. But I had to laugh tho a guy with a hoodie,heavy woolly hat, one of them padded knee length coats with a hood also over the woolly hat, well padded gloves to keep him warm. But then the ridiculous short summer pants on with his white trainers. Even the other car drivers were giggling lol.
For God’s sake stop jeering at what other people are wearing. Talk about pettiness.
@Brian Kelly: did he have leg tats?
@Max Power: Shorts, but wearing down jacket and woolly hat.
@Max Power: some people just don’t feel the cold on their legs…unlike you sensitive lot on here
@Brian Kelly: lads covered in goose pimples and still acting like they not feel the cold …. should be a law brought in that no short pants allowed below 14 degrees Celsius…. it would help keep the hospital figures low…. only kidding … but it makes me giggle so see plonkers in short pants in freezing conditions
@Max Power: I just get too hot unless I wear shorts, rest of he doesn’t so have to wrap up. I know I look ridiculous but doesn’t bother me.
@Max Power: my legs never get cold, leg hair probably 1 reason. Generally I’m quite a warm person but yes I do run with gloves, hat and shorts for comfort.
Snow flurries here this morning.
@Justin Gillespie: What county? Feels frosty in Dublin but clear skies.
@Fiona Fitzgerald: had some in Naas and a collegaue reported that he had some in Clonsilla.
@Craig Bell: Had some here in Wicklow too.
@Justin Gillespie: and here in Dunshaughlin too. Didnt lie on the ground though
‘Met Éireann is warning‘……
That’s enough information to happily ignore anything that follows.
@Gavin Linden: Why? Met Eireann is a good reliable forecaster.
DublinLive must be having a field day with this
@Peter: Give it an hour Peter, some nice flurries here in Kildare and the wind is blowing towards Dublin.
Whatever happened to Global Warming?
@roscommonrebel: ‘Climate Change’.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: Yeah, I love the way they twist everything.
@roscommonrebel: Global warming is only one part or climate change. Climate change means the weather is messed up overall. Hence why we are getting snow in April when we hardly got any during the winter. I can not believe there are still people denying it
If it’s cold out then keep it in
You know what they say – if you don’t like the weather in Ireland just wait 20 minutes.
fake news
@Leitrim303: Flake news.
@Leitrim303: why?
@Paul Furey: All I can think is maybe he misspelled flake?
The sun is hot in April. At least on Saturday I was able to hike in what was supposedly 12c without a jacket. Today I don’t know yet. Will report when I get out.
Wrap it up and yourself!
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