Met Éireann forecasters have said they cannot rule out further cold weather and even snow warnings in the coming days as Ireland braces for a second subzero blast in one week.
Met Eireann say "unsettled weather is expected with low pressure in the Atlantic feeding in rain and showers across Ireland, occasionally wintry in parts, and bringing blustery winds at times too."
"With a rather disturbed picture for the week, rain and perhaps wind warnings are possible, while winter warnings can’t be ruled out especially in the north and northwest," they added.
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They continued: "March of many weathers is very true for the week ahead it will be unsettled with the Atlantic feeding in rain and showers across Ireland, turning cold and wintry in parts too, before very mild air returns later in the week.
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather has also hinted that our wintry weather is no quite over as he predicts "a rollercoaster of weather" in the coming days.
He said: "A rollercoaster of weather ahead with a very short blast of cold air again Monday night to Wednesday. A risk of wintry showers Monday night and band of rain Wednesday falling as snow before turning to rain. Some strong gusts Monday also."
In their forecast for the coming days, Met Éireann said: "Rather windy tonight [Sunday] with rain, heavy in places, with a chance of spot flooding especially on higher ground. Rain will clear to the north followed by widespread showers, some heavy. Fresh and gusty southwesterly winds, with gales developing along southern coasts. Mild, with lowest temperatures of 8 or 9 degrees.
"Widespread showers or longer spells of rain on Monday, with a chance of isolated thunderstorms and hail in the south or east. Moderate to fresh southwest winds at first, becoming windy by evening with fresh to strong and gusty northwest winds developing. Highs of 8 to 12 degrees early on in the day, dropping back to 3 to 6 degrees in the afternoon and evening as winds turn northwesterly. Showers will turn wintry on hills in the north after dark.
"Remaining cold on Tuesday with highest temperatures at best, 4 to 8 degrees but in a harsh moderate to fresh northwest wind. There will be a mix of sunny spells and scattering showers, especially early in the day, and there is potential for these showers to fall as sleet or snow, especially over higher ground.
"Turning very cold under mostly clear skies early in the night [Tuesday night], temperatures will rise in the southwest as cloud increases with rain preceded by some sleet or hill snow for a time gradually pushing into the southwest and west towards morning. Lowest temperatures of -3 to +2 degrees, coolest in Ulster with light westerly or variable winds becoming southeasterly and increasing moderate towards morning.
"A cold and wet day is expected on Wednesday with rain tracking up across the country from the southwest, this will be preceded by sleet and possibly some snow in places, especially over the northern half of the county. Highest temperatures of 1 to 4 degrees across the north of the country but milder in the south with afternoon highs of 5 to 9 degrees, as light southeasterly winds freshen through the day. It will get milder in the north during the evening.
"Showery outbreaks of rain will continue overnight, clearing the southwest though by morning. It will turn into a much milder night generally with lows of 5 to 10 degrees, although it may start a little cooler early in the night in the northwest."
It is likely weather will turn milder from Thursday onwards but Met Eireann says "St Patricks day [Friday] looks to be fairly cloudy and damp, mildest in the southern half of the country with temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees, but more typically 7 to 9 degrees in the northern in light to moderate southeast to east winds."
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