Met Éireann has no fears of a cold blast hitting Ireland at the end of this month or the beginning of March, according to their latest forecast.
That is despite UK forecasters predicting a Siberian snow storm bringing some of the white stuff to their shores in the first week of March.
Weather maps on WXCharts show that over 10cm of snow could settle across the UK as a result of such a storm. The predicted snowfall in early March could herald a return for the Beast from the East, with a polar vortex blasting freezing arctic air towards Europe.
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However, weather forecasters here are less inclined to believe the Beast from the East fears with no sign of it in Met Éireann's latest forecast.
Weather expert Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather has also said there is “no sign of any beasts” at the moment.
Earlier this week, Adam Scaife, a long-range forecaster at the UK Met Office, warned that a sudden stratospheric warming could see the winter weather last well into March.
A sudden stratospheric warming can bring hazardous conditions as it did with the Beast from the East in 2018 but there is no guarantee of such a result.
In its forecast for this week, Met Éireann does admit our weather will "turn colder from Tuesday evening, with the risk of night-time frosts returning" but there is no signs of a severe cold blast.
“Monday will be a dull or damp day for the west and northwest with further outbreaks of rain or drizzle. Drier elsewhere with more isolated drizzle patches. Overall cloudy with limited sunny spells. Breezy at times with moderate, occasionally fresh, west to southwest winds. Mild with highest temperatures of 11C to 14C," they said.
“Some brief sunny spells on Tuesday but generally cloudy again with dry spells and occasional drizzle. More persistent rain however will develop in the west in the afternoon, and track eastwards over the country through the evening and early night. Highest temperatures of 10C to 13C with moderate south to southwest winds”
“Wet early on Tuesday night but rain will clear into the Irish Sea with clear spells and scattered showers following overnight. Temperatures will fall close to freezing after rain clears with potential for some frost or ice. Winds will turn westerly too," the national forecaster says.
In their long range forecast for February 27 to March 5, the same week the UK expects snow, Met Éireann predicts high pressure and largely dry and mild weather. However, they do see one "weather threat" on the horizon but it's just not snow.
They say we "will see high pressure settle in to the north of Ireland feeding in an easterly airflow however it will be a well modified airmass and slightly above average temperatures are expected across much of the country and it will remain on the dry side especially in the west.
"With high pressure dominating winds will likely be slack and there will be the chance of some fog developing, at the moment this looks like the only real treat from hazardous conditions through the period."
They predict slightly above average rainfall for the following week but says temperatures will remain on the milder side.
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