Thursday, 15 January, 2015 Forecasts for Ireland TODAY ... Continuing very windy (SW to W) except in sheltered parts of the southeast, with some gusts to 140 km/hr in the most exposed locations, more generally about 110-120 km/hr. There appears to be some banding to the wind field so that actual speeds are somewhat variable across various regions. Rather intense showers may bring stronger gusts at times, hail will be frequent and some snow will develop over higher parts of west Munster. Temperatures steady around 4-7 C with a tendency to fall slowly this afternoon. Winds veering to NW and moderating to 50-80 km/hr by late afternoon. A few parts of the southeast will only see winds in the 50-80 km/hr range all day and will also have more frequent sunny intervals. TONIGHT ... Much less windy with clear intervals, some frost developing, and a few remnant showers becoming more wintry in all regions. Lows -3 to +2 C. FRIDAY to SUNDAY will be a bright, cold period with occasional passing wintry showers, some risk of accumulations of 1-3 cm snow on hills in northern counties and in higher inland parts of west Munster. Highs each day around 3 to 6 C and overnight lows -4 to +1 C. MONDAY to WEDNESDAY looks more unsettled and guidance is somewhat unclear on temperature trend but there is certainly a risk of heavier accumulations of snow in the period, possibly mixing in southwest with rain, but also some chance of mixed forms of precipitation in other regions. Temperatures will probably not stray too far from the range of -1 to +3 C. Briefly, over in Britain the strongest winds are hitting south-central Scotland and some parts of England, coastal Wales, but the storm may not be quite as severe as earlier anticipated with peak gusts away from Scottish mountains around 110 to 130 km/hr. Temperatures are generally in the 6-9 C range but close to 10 C in southern England for the rest of the day. Expect some minor travel delays but not too prolonged. The colder spell especially past Sunday is more liikely to be cold enough for snow in most parts of Britain except possibly south Wales and southwest England. My local weather was foggy at times but with bright sunshine for several hours around mid-day, and a high of about 8 C after a slight frost. -- Peter for IWO
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:02:24 +0000
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