''There’s likely going to be snow at some point.''
After enjoying the hottest summer in 40 years, Met Éireann is warning the country to brace for snow and storms this coming winter.
Temperatures are set to plummet over the next few weeks, as early as the beginning of November.
Speaking to the Irish Mirror Deirdre Lowe, Met Éireann forecaster, said: “There’s likely going to be snow at some point in the northwest, but we don’t know when.”
The predictions comes after some UK forecasters warned of a four-month snow freeze this winter.
It has been reported that the chilly weather could last all the way to February 2019, similar to the extreme weather the country saw in 2010, which was the coldest December since records began in 1910.
However, the UK’s national forecaster, the Met Office, said that the probability of a four-month freeze is low.
Next week
Looking more short term, and despite temperatures hitting 19 degrees in parts of Ireland during the week, unsettled weather is expected in the coming days.
Ms Lowe said: “The weather is pretty settled at the moment.
“But next week looks unsettled with a risk of storms.”
