Experts at the state forecaster updated the extended range forecast on Friday
Met Eireann has issued a detailed update to its weather forecast for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.Earlier in the week, Met Eireann said wintry showers could not be ruled out for December 25 but that looks to have drastically changed in the last 48 hours.READ MORE - Pictured: trainee solicitor, 29, charged with murder of finance professor in Balbriggan
However, Met Eireann has all but ruled out a white Christmas this year in its update to the extended range forecast."A fairly mobile, predominantly westerly air-flow will be established over Ireland. There will be alternating periods of cold and mild weather but overall mean air temperatures are forecast to trend slightly above the climatological average.
Echoing the sense that milder conditions could be with us on Christmas Day, Alan O'Reilly, the man behind Carlow Weather on X, formerly Twitter, said hopes of a white Christmas were "fading quickly".
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