Ireland is set to experience a frigid start to 2025 with a bitter Arctic blast bringing widespread frost, icy roads, and the potential for snow. Temperatures are expected to plummet below freezing overnight, with daytime highs barely reaching above freezing in some areas. The wintry conditions are forecast to persist into the weekend and potentially well into next week.
Ireland is bracing for bone-chilling cold weather just hours into 2025, with weather maps turning icy blue amid a bitter Arctic blast hitting. Met Eireann has warned of widespread frost, icy roads and the possibility of snow as the new year begins with a wintry chill.
This pattern of bitterly cold weather is set to continue into Thursday and Friday, with daytime temperatures barely climbing above freezing in some areas and overnight lows dipping as low as -3C. Giving a timeline of when snow could hit, Ireland's meteorological service said: "Any overnight rain will clear quickly from the south on Wednesday morning. It will then be a bright, fresh day with sunny spells and scattered showers, most frequent in the west and north. Some of the showers may turn to hail or sleet in the north and west later. Highest temperatures of 4C to 8C in light to moderate west to northwest winds.
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