Further falls of heavy snow tonight and Thursday across Ulster and north Connacht with with icy roads

Snowplowing on Glenveagh road in the mountains off Co Donegal this morning - travellernorthernirelan

Snowplowing on Glenveagh road in the mountains off Co Donegal this morning - travellernorthernirelan

Heavy showers this evening falling as snow in places again have started to give further accumulations of snow leading to icy road conditions.

The latest radar image attached below shows these showers

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Air temperatures are currently down to -2C in places with road temperatures as low as -3C across Connacht, Ulster and Leinster leading to prime conditions for icy conditions to form especially across the northwest and north where heavy showers have been falling since Tuesday night. Latest air temperatures below

CURRENT TEMPERATURES ACROSS IRELAND 10PM

CURRENT TEMPERATURES ACROSS IRELAND 10PM

Fresh warnings for snow and ice have been issued this afternoon and showers will become more frequent towards dawn in the north and northwest with some falls of sleet or snow.

On Thursday morning further heavy or longer spells of sleet and snow will move down across Ulster giving accumulations also further inland across Cavan, Monaghan and Louth which have also been added to the weather warning

LATEST WEATHER WARNINGS

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Northern Ireland Warnings

Yellow - Snow and Ice Warning for Antrim, Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry

UK Met Office Weather Warning

Snow and ice may bring some disruption from later on Tuesday and through into Thursday morning

Valid: 15:00 Tuesday 29/12/2020 to 11:00 Thursday 31/12/2020

Issued: 10:05 Tuesday 29/12/2020

Updated: 10:34 Wednesday 30/12/2020

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