Met Éireann has issued a status orange snow and ice warning for 17 counties across Ireland on Friday morning.
The warning will be in effect from 11pm on Saturday until 11pm on Sunday.
The warning, which was issued at 11am today, reads: “Significant falls of snow are expected Saturday night and into Sunday. Accumulations of 4 to 8 cm could occur quite widely with greater totals possible. Drifting snow locally at times too with brisk winds. Slippery paths and treacherous roads also due to snow accumulation and ice.”
The counties affected by the warning include Sligo, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath and Meath.
At 1pm today, Met Éireann issued a further, nationwide, status yellow temperature warning, which reads “Very cold tonight with a sharp to severe frost and icy stretches, as temperatures fall back to between 0 and minus 4 degrees Celsius. Coldest inland and across the north and east.”
A full list of Met Éireann’s weather warnings can be accessed here.
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