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Five counties expected to wake up to snow tomorrow

Status Yellow snow-ice and wind warnings have been issued for several areas.

FIVE COUNTIES ARE expected to wake up to snow tomorrow morning.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow snow-ice warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Louth and Leitrim. There’s a risk of snow showers in these counties, especially on high ground, leading to accumulations of up to 3cm.

The warning was issued this afternoon and will be in effect from 3am to 3pm tomorrow.

A Status Yellow wind warning is also in place for several counties: Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick.

Met Éireann said westerly winds veering northwest will reach speeds of 55-60 km/hr along the coast. The warning will be in effect for most of tomorrow – from 6am to midnight.

Forecast 

Rain is expected to develop over Ulster and Connacht this evening before extending countrywide early tonight. Met Éireann said showers will follow overnight with some of these turning to hail or sleet. Snow is likely over high ground in the north.

Lowest temperatures will range from zero to three degrees Celsius, with some frost in sheltered spots by dawn and the risk of icy patches.

Tomorrow is expected to be a cold, blustery and showery day. The showers will be mainly over the west and north during the morning but they will extend nationwide in the afternoon, with occasional hail and sleet and some snow on northern hills.

Some thunder is also expected. Highest temperatures will range from four to seven degrees in strong and gusty west to northwest winds, with gales in exposed coastal areas.

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    Mute Tomas
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:11 PM

    Flake News

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    Mute Red hurley
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:17 PM

    @Tomas: brilliant

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    Mute Honeybadger197
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:24 PM

    @Red hurley: Brilliant?

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    Mute Carina Clarke
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:29 PM

    @Tomas: ah ya gave me a giggle. Very witty

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Jan 31st 2018, 2:07 AM

    @Tomas: Yellow flake news lol.

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    Mute David Dickson
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:13 PM

    Expect wintry weather tomorrow and a risk of widespread wintry weather for the rest of winter.

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    Mute thomas patrick
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:10 PM

    Ooooh….3cm… my missus will be delighted

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    Mute Shane Freeney
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:11 PM

    @thomas patrick: Easily pleased !

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    Mute thomas patrick
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:12 PM

    @Shane Freeney: lucky for me

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Jan 31st 2018, 2:07 AM

    @thomas patrick: You know how that looks lol.

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    Mute Cathal O'hÁodhagáin
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:14 PM

    Would it be so difficult to include the north in weather reports?

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    Mute Annette Curtin
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:22 PM

    @Cathal O’hÁodhagáin: Orange alert has been issued for many years to come.

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    Mute David Dickson
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:55 PM

    @Cathal O’hÁodhagáin: you have to admit that that was funny.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello.
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    Jan 31st 2018, 7:05 AM

    @Cathal O’hÁodhagáin: You have the BBC to do that for you.

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    Mute Anto Whelan
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:29 PM

    Id tell ya its going to be cold in mayo….because they dont have sam maguire to keep them warm…

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    Mute Rory Murphy
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    Jan 30th 2018, 7:29 PM

    @Anto Whelan: Haven’t had it for the last 67 years either but I hear he is making his way west to Mayo this year … you heard it here first .. keep it quiet though.

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    Mute Niccolo Saccho
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:10 PM

    Lovely weather down here in the sunny south east.

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    Mute The Viking
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    Jan 30th 2018, 6:14 PM

    @Niccolo Saccho: Is that your left testicle your on about or have I got it compltely wrong.

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    Mute Noel James Doherty
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    Jan 30th 2018, 7:52 PM

    @The Viking: would it be not the right?

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Jan 31st 2018, 2:08 AM

    @Niccolo Saccho: Must be all the Radon then lol.

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    Mute Tír Eoghain Gael
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    Jan 30th 2018, 7:27 PM

    You musy have used RTÉ’s version of the Irish map for this forecast. There are, believe it or not, six more counties to the north of Monaghan and Cavan and to the East of Donegal, and the forecast for some of those counties also predicts snow.

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    Mute Noel James Doherty
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    Jan 30th 2018, 7:55 PM

    @Tír Eoghain Gael: I always watch the BBC forecast on later to get a true forecast in Ulster

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    Mute Brendan McLaughlin
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    Jan 30th 2018, 8:01 PM

    Snow stops at the border apparently.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Jan 31st 2018, 2:09 AM

    @Brendan McLaughlin: Didn’t Louth belong to Ulster ages ago???

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    Mute Kerry Blake
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    Jan 30th 2018, 9:11 PM

    Ah well more of the same just like any winter……

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    Mute Patrick Kenealy
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    Jan 30th 2018, 11:59 PM

    Snow chance of snow anywhere in ireland tonight, too mild and it’s raining everywhere right now!

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    Jan 30th 2018, 9:12 PM

    Blah blah blah thanks Miss journalist…. blah blah blah….

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