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Dan Grennan

Dublin weather: Met Eireann pinpoints exactly when to expect snow this week

Met Eireann Debra Ireland Dublin

Snow is expected again this week after a number of schools were closed last week due to heavy snowfalls.

It will be another bitter week with temperatures to drop as low as minus 3 degrees, Met Eireann have forecast. Snow and sleet is expected to fall on Monday and Tuesday night with freezing temperatures set to take hold.

The worst of the weather is expected to clear in time for Friday's St Patrick's Day when it is expected to be mild and damp. The mild weather is expected to stay for the weekend.

Met Eireann's full forecast for the week is below:

Today

This morning cloud cover will increase and patchy outbreaks of rain are possible around the middle of the day. More persistent, and at times heavy, rainfall will extend from the south through the late afternoon and evening. It will be a much milder day with highest daytime temperatures of 11 to 13 degrees, in moderate to fresh southerly winds.

Tonight

Windy tonight with rain clearing to showers, some of which may turn heavy. Lowest temperatures of around 7 to 9 degrees in fresh and gusty southwesterly winds.

Monday

Widespread showers or longer spells of rain, with a chance of isolated thunderstorms and hail during the afternoon in moderate to fresh southwest winds. Mildest through the early afternoon with highest temperatures of 10 to 12 degrees but the winds will veer northerly later in the afternoon and temperatures will fall considerably.

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.

Monday Night

Very cold in light to moderate northwest to west winds. There will be showers feeding from the northwest and some may fall as sleet or snow in places. Lowest temperatures of -2 to +1 degrees generally.

Tuesday

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.

Tuesday Night

Turning very cold under mostly clear skies early in the 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.

Wednesday

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.

Wednesday Night

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.

Thursday

After a wet start over much of the country, the outbreaks of rain will clear the north by early afternoon with showers and some sunny spells following from the west. It will be a much milder day overall with highest temperatures 11 to 15 degrees generally in mostly moderate southwest winds.

St Patricks Day

While a lot can change between now and then, St Patricks day 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.