Big change coming in the weather for Ireland as Met Eireann forecasts dramatic end to the cold weather snap

There is a big change coming in the weather for Ireland in the coming days as Met Eireann is forecasting a dramatic end to the cold weather snap.

While it will remain cold through Friday and Saturday, the cold snap is set to break through Saturday night and Sunday with wet and windy weather forecast. 

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast, the weather is set to turn unsettled with wet and windy conditions at times through next week with temperatures reaching as high as 12 degrees at times. 

The latest Met Eireann weather forecast for the coming days is as follows:

Very cold on Friday morning with widespread frost and ice on untreated surfaces. A few patches of freezing fog also leading to difficult road conditions. Most areas will have a dry morning with some sunshine, but showers will move in across the northwest. The showers will extend southeastwards across Connacht and Ulster during the afternoon and evening, turning wintry in places with icy conditions in some areas. Maximum temperatures of 0 to +4 degrees in moderate southwest winds.

Cold on Friday night with clear spells and scattered showers, some wintry and with icy conditions in places. Areas of mist and fog will develop, especially in the midlands. Lowest temperatures generally ranging 0 to -3 degrees in light to moderate southwest winds.

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast, it will remain cold on Saturday with mist and fog in some areas. There will be plenty of dry weather, but with a few showers, especially in southern and western coastal counties. Highest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees generally, but between 5 and 8 degrees in coastal areas of the south and west in light to moderate southwest winds.

It will remain cold early on Saturday night with some frost in the midlands and north for a time. However, outbreaks of rain will spread from the south overnight and it will turn less cold. The rain will be heavy in places and perhaps preceded by some mountain snow in Ulster. Lowest temperatures of 0 to +4 degrees in fresh to strong southeast winds.

According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, it will be rather windy on Sunday with outbreaks of rain or drizzle, most persistent in the south and west of the country. Much milder than preceding days with highest temperatures ranging from 8 degrees over north Ulster, to 12 or 13 degrees in the south in fresh and gusty southerly winds. Very mild on Sunday night with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Temperatures not dropping below 10 to 12 degrees nationwide in fresh and gusty southerly winds.

The weather forecast for Ireland states that it will be mild and breezy on Monday with outbreaks of rain in the south and west, extending to all areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in fresh southwest winds. Rain in the east will clear on Monday evening to leave a fresh and blustery night on Monday night with clear spells and scattered showers. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in fresh southwest winds, strong on Atlantic coasts.

Windy again on Tuesday with sunny spells and scattered showers, some of the showers heavy with hail in Atlantic coastal counties. Maximum temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in strong and gusty southwest winds, with gales at the coast. Rather cold and blustery on Tuesday night with clear spells and passing showers, some of hail. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees in brisk southwest to west winds.

Met Eireann says that early indications suggest Wednesday will be a fresh and breezy day with sunny spells and scattered showers. Highest temperatures generally ranging 6 to 9 degrees.