Status Yellow snow/ice warning for Dublin extended

Padraig Conlon 09 Feb 2021

With up to 5cm of snow forecast for Dublin over the next 48 hours, a status yellow weather warning has been extended.

The snow and ice alert from Met Éireann covers Dublin, Wicklow, Meath, Louth, Kildare, and Monaghan.

The warning, in place until 6pm tomorrow, is forecasting snow accumulations of between two and five centimetres.

Highest temperatures over the next two days will be between one and three degrees, with wind chill from strong easterly gusts.

“Scattered wintry showers will become mainly confined to the eastern half of the country as long clear spells develop,” Met Éireann said.

Temperatures tonight are predicted to drop to as low as minus five degrees, with icy stretches in some places.

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