Met Éireann has provided an update on the Sudden Stratospheric Warming that caused the Beast from the East in 2018 and say it is 'ongoing.'
Our neighbours in the UK are enduring a torrid cold spell with temperatures in some parts dipping as low as -8 degrees.
The UK Met Office recorded temperatures of -7.9C in Altnaharra in the Highlands on Sunday and snow maps from WXCharts suggest there could be a 45 to 70 percent chance of snowfall on Tuesday, March 7 in parts of Scotland, reports The Mirror. Bookies have even slashed odds on next month being the coldest March on record despite the fact that the Beast from the East occurred in March 2018.
Met Éireann confirmed: "A Sudden Stratospheric Warming is on-going, which adds a high degree of uncertainty to the overall forecast. Given that caveat, the overall signal from the seasonal models for Ireland during spring , is for slightly above average temperatures with average rainfall. March, and possibly the beginning of April, are likely to be cooler and drier than average, with a transition to warmer and wetter conditions for May.
Looking at the week from March 6 to March 12, they say "high pressure is signalled to move away well to the northwest of Ireland with low pressure having more of an influence on our weather.
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