Met Éireann says second named storm of season to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds on Friday into Saturday
Met Éireann says second named storm of season to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds on Friday into SaturdayIt advises that conditions across the State will be “very cold with widespread frost, icy stretches and lying snow persisting today, tonight and tomorrow”. The possible impacts include hazardous conditions on roads and paths and some travel disruption.
Temperatures fell below zero across much of Ireland overnight with status orange weather warnings having been in place for counties Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway, Cork and Waterford until midday. “So not much in the way of thaw today. A lot of icy stretches and dangerous conditions on the road particularly when the sun sets,” she told RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne.Fallen trees, frost, ice and spot flooding were reported across the south, particularly in Cork, where there was heavy rain overnight, leaving roads “treacherous” on Thursday morning.
“We are snowed in indefinitely. There’s isn’t a hope of moving. We were supposed to go shopping today but we’ll have to make do with bread and water,” he said. “We expected some snow but didn’t think it would be this bad. But there’s nothing we can do about it. We’ll have to sit tight and enjoy it”. Some public transport services were impacted early on Thursday, with Bus Éireann advising commuters to use the Transport for Ireland phone app to get up to date information. Irish Rail said trains were operating on all routes as of Thursday morning, though there were some weather-related delays. Services from Westport to Athlone and Westport to Achill were among those affected. The morning train service between Westport and Dublin was delayed by 45 minutes.
“ will be very cold with widespread frost and icy stretches. Scattered wintry showers of rain, sleet and snow will occur with clearest skies across the midlands and southeast. Lowest temperatures of -4 to +1 degrees in moderate westerly winds.”
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