Roads treacherous as snow and ice warning in place
Weather Update
A status yellow snow and ice warning remains in place for the entire country this morning, as most people have woken to a blanket of snow across the countryside.
Met Éireann are warning of treacherous road conditions with some accumulations possible.
The alert came into effect at 11pm last night and will remai in place until 11am this morning (Thursday) at least.
It remains very cold with temperatures widely falling to -3 or -4 degrees Celsius.
Rain, sleet and snow will clear from the south. There'll be treacherous conditions on some untreated surfaces with ice and some lying snow.
A clearance to sunny spells and scattered wintry showers will follow for the rest of the day. Maximum afternoon temperatures generally ranging 0 to 4 degrees with moderate northwest breezes.
Another very cold night tonight (Thursday) with widespread frost and ice. Many areas will be dry and clear but there will be a few wintry showers drifting in. Minimum of -4 to -1 degrees in moderate northerly breezes.
Widespread frost and ice to start on Friday with temperatures struggling to reach afternoon highs of just 0 to 3 degrees. There'll be some sunny spells but a few wintry showers also. A severe frost setting in quickly after dark on Friday evening.
Temperatures will turn less cold and conditions more changeable over the weekend.
Widespread severe frost with icy stretches on Friday night. It'll be predominantly dry with clear skies and just a few patches of freezing fog. Minimum temperatures of -7 to -3 degrees in mostly light, variable winds.
Frost and ice slowly clearing on Saturday to leave a mostly dry day with sunny spells. However, it'll be cloudier in the northwest with the chance of a little patchy rain there. After an extremely cold start maximum afternoon temperatures will range 2 to 5 degrees. Some patches of light rain or drizzle in the west and north on Saturday night but dry in most areas with some clear spells. Minimum temperatures -2 to +4 degrees, coldest in the south with another fairly widespread frost away from Atlantic coastal areas.
Many areas will be dry on Sunday with a mix of cloud and some bright spells. There'll be patches of rain drifting in to affect Atlantic coastal counties at times with perhaps more persistent rain on the north coast. Maximum temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees in moderate west or southwest winds. Rather cloudy overnight with further patches of light rain in parts of the west and north but mostly dry further south and east. Minimum temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees in fresh southwest winds.
Current indications suggest Monday will be an increasingly breezy day with scattered outbreaks of rain spreading across the country from the Atlantic. Maximum afternoon temperatures will range from 7 to 10 degrees in fresh and gusty westerly winds. Further scattered outbreaks of rain on Monday night with more persistent rain possible in the northwest. Minimum temperatures of 5 to 8 degrees in fresh southwest winds.
Early indications are for Tuesday to be another damp and breezy day with outbreaks of rain, heaviest and most persistent in the north. Highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees in fresh southwest winds.