After the wind and rain from Storm Ciara – it is now going to get very, very cold.
Met Eireann has issued a yellow snow/ice warning for Ireland for Monday and Tuesday.
Colder air from Canada began to spread across the country as Storm Ciara moved away bringing scattered wintry showers on Sunday night.
While the snow showers may develop anywhere in the country they will occur chiefly in parts of the west and north, with some accumulations possible.
They say: “Monday will be a bitterly cold and very windy day with a significant wind chill factor. There will be a mix of sunny spells and widespread wintry showers with a continued risk of thunder and localised flooding.
“Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees Celsius in strong and blustery westerly winds with gales and squally winds by the coast.
“Very cold and very windy on Monday night with strong to gale force West to Northwest winds, severe winds possible near Western and Northern coasts. Further hail, sleet and snow showers feeding in with further accumulations of snow in parts and icy patches. Lows around freezing.
“Tuesday will be a bitterly cold day and still very windy with a significant wind chill factor. Very showery too, still wintry at times, with hail, sleet and snow. Westerly winds will be fresh to strong and gusty, with gales in western and northern coastal areas. Highs of only 3 to 7 degrees. Winds moderating overnight with some frost and ice developing too, and overnight lows of -1 to 2 degrees.
“Wednesday will be another cold day but with lighter winds, at least for daylight hours. A frosty start but sunny spells developing as hail, sleet and snow showers becoming gradually confined to Ulster.
“At the moment it looks like turning wet and windy for Wednesday evening/night followed by squally showers on Thursday with the ongoing risk of severe winds at times and wintry falls.
“Mainly dry on Thursday night with milder weather following for Friday and Saturday though staying unsettled.”
Storm Ciara brought flooding, fallen trees and power outages across the country yesterday.
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