A Met Éireann forecaster has warned that some areas could see up to 10cm of snow, as freezing temperatures sweep across the country overnight.
The national forecaster has issued a snow and ice warning for the entire island tomorrow.
Met Éireann’s Gerry Murphy told RTÉ News at One that parts of the country may be upgraded to an orange warning, but said “it is difficult to pin down the exact places” where snowfall will be heaviest.
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“Some areas will get enough snow to cause substantial disruptions,” he said.
Mr Murphy added: “We are expecting that the snow will be substantial in places. There will be falls of snow, we’ve issued a yellow level warning but we do expect that there will be pockets of orange level snow which means that it’ll be greater than 3cm to 10cm in places, even higher on the higher ground."
In a yellow weather snow and ice warning for tomorrow, Met Éireann stressed that rain, sleet and snow will spread northwards across the country on Wednesday night and during Thursday.
This warning will be valid from 3am Thursday, March 9 until 11pm on the same day.
This cold is set to be strengthened by easterly winds. Accumulations of snow are expected in many areas along with icy conditions, causing hazardous driving conditions, travel disruption and poor visibility.
A further status yellow low temperature and ice warning sets in for the country on Thursday at 9pm until Friday at 10am, causing both travel disruptions and hazardous driving conditions.
Leinster, Cavan and Monaghan will also be hit with a further snow and ice warning on Thursday from 11pm until Friday at 7am.
Met Éireann said: "Sleet and snow slowly clearing eastwards on Thursday night and early on Friday with further accumulations of snow expected."
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