The forecast sees the temperatures dropping to -5 degrees on Saturday night.
Storm Emma and the Beast From The East continues to pummel the country with drastically low temperatures and massive amounts of snow, and Met Eireann have released their latest expanded status update on the situation on Thursday evening:
Snow-ice Warning for Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal
Sub-zero temperatures and icy conditions continuing tonight in strong easterly winds with heavy snow showers and high accumulations in some areas.
This status will remain in place until 6am on Friday morning.
Snow-ice Warning for Munster and Leinster
Sub-zero temperatures and icy conditions continuing tonight in strong easterly winds with heavy snow showers and high accumulations in some areas.
This status will remain in place until 6pm on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, the forecast for the next two days looks like it isn’t in going to be getting better any time soon.
Friday:
The strong easterly winds will steadily ease on Friday night and temperatures will be below freezing once again, down to as low as minus 3 degrees but lower over lying snow. There’ll be a mix of snow, sleet and rain in the south with further snow showers along eastern and northern coasts. There’ll be breaks in the weather but it will remain rather cloudy.
Saturday:
There’ll be some brighter weather on Saturday with dry spells developing. The fresh easterly winds will ease for a time but it will remain cold with temperatures from only 1 degree in the east and up to 4 or 5 degrees in the west, coldest over lying snow. The temperatures on Saturday night will be very low again, down to minus 5 degrees.
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