Heavy snowfall hits the Glenshane pass this evening with treacherous road conditions
Heavy snowfall on the Glenshane pass Derry this evening 25/06/20
Heavy snow showers are currently moving in of the Atlantic this evening with falls of hail, sleet and snow in places.
Heavy falls of snow have lead to very poor conditions on the Glenshane pass this evening with a covering of snow on the route.
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It is also snowing on the A37 Coleraine Mountain road this evening with a light dusting of snow on the route. Image below shows conditions on the route.
snowfall on the A37 Coleraine Mountain road this evening this evening 25/06/20
Further heavy falls of snow are expected this evening, tonight and on Wednesday morning with snow accumulations for some areas.
Temperatures this afternoon have dipped between 0C to 1C in the area and will drop further this evening and tonight with very poor driving conditions across Donegal and many other parts of Ireland.
On Tuesday evening and night temperatures will drop of again with temperatures dropping between -1C to 2C with showers turning increasingly wintry with further falls of hail, sleet and snow giving accumulations in some areas highest risk will be across the west and northwest.
Some of the showers will fall as hail across coastal areas.
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Wednesday morning will see further wintry showers across the west and northwest of Ireland with further falls of sleet and snow for places but some hail also with the risk of thunder.
Showers will retreat to northwestern coastal counties on Wednesday some which will be wintry. It will turn cold on Wednesday night with only a few isolated wintry showers across the northwest. Wednesday night will see clear conditions develop for many parts and it will turn very cold with frost and icy conditions developing with temperatures between -4C to 1C.
Thursday looks set to be a drier day starting of very cold with icy conditions with a sharp to severe ground frost. The latest indication for Thursday night into Friday is for further heavy showers moving in across the northwest and north with these turning to sleet and snow again.
The weekend looks set to stay showery with further wintry showers at times and possibly staying on the colder side there is some uncertainty on this at present.
Kenneth from the Donegal Weather Channel
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