Extreme lce Warning extended for Laois as temperatures continue to plunge

Met Éireann has extended its low temperature/ice warnings for Laois and the rest of country as temperatures are continuing to plunge and dangerous conditions remain in place.

A Status Orange Warning will remain in place today and tomorrow while a Status Yellow Warning is in place until 12pm on Friday afternoon. 

It will remain very cold with widespread frost, ice and lying snow and some patches of freezing fog are also expected.

Potential impacts include hazardous travelling conditions on roads and underfoot, travel disruption and poor visibility.

Stay safe, informed & prepared by understanding the weather warning meaning for your area & take advice from your local authorities during weather events

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Widespread frost, ice and some freezing fog is expected to linger throughout the day in many areas. It will be dry with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of -1 to +4 degrees with light variable breezes.

Thursday night will start off dry and very cold with severe frost and freezing fog developing. Cloud will build from the southwest overnight and a band of rain, sleet and snow will move northeastwards over Munster and southern parts of Leinster and Connacht. Further north and east it will stay dry and very cold.

Lowest temperatures of -7 to -2 degrees generally, coldest early in the night. Winds will become easterly and will increase mostly light to moderate by morning.

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On Friday morning, rain, sleet and snow will continue to spread northeastwards, and will turn mostly to rain or sleet by the afternoon. Ulster and north Leinster will stay mainly dry. Highest afternoon temperatures of 1 to 5 degrees generally, coldest in Ulster It will become milder near the south coast. Moderate, occasionally fresh, east to southeast winds.

Friday night will be mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, which will clear northeastwards overnight. It won't be as cold as previous nights with lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees. Southerly winds will ease light allowing fog to develop.

On Saturday morning, outbreaks of rain will continue and then gradually clear to the east and north through the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees generally, milder in parts of the west and southwest, in mostly light southwesterly breezes. Saturday night will be mainly dry with lowest temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees.

Sunday will be mostly cloudy with outbreaks of rain. It will be noticeably milder with highest temperatures of 8 to 11 degrees and moderate to fresh southerly winds.

Early next week will be mild with a fair amount of dry weather and some rain or drizzle at times.